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A hope in the unseen : an American odyssey from the inner city to the Ivy League, Ron Suskind
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The item A hope in the unseen : an American odyssey from the inner city to the Ivy League, Ron Suskind represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Culver-Union Township Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item A hope in the unseen : an American odyssey from the inner city to the Ivy League, Ron Suskind represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Culver-Union Township Public Library.
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- Summary
- Follows gifted African-American student Cedric Jennings from his crime-infested high school in Washington D.C. to his junior year at Brown University, discussing the problems he encountered along the road out of the ghetto
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 373 pages
- Isbn
- 9780767901260
- Label
- A hope in the unseen : an American odyssey from the inner city to the Ivy League
- Title
- A hope in the unseen
- Title remainder
- an American odyssey from the inner city to the Ivy League
- Statement of responsibility
- Ron Suskind
- Subject
-
- African American teenage boys -- Education
- Jennings, Cedric Lavar
- trueFrank W. Ballou Senior High School (Washington, D.C.)
- trueInner city schools -- Washington, D.C
- trueAfrican American teenage boys -- Washington, D.C. -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Personal transformation
- Frank W. Ballou Senior High School (Washington, D.C.) -- Students -- Biography
- trueInner city teenage boys -- Washington, D.C. -- Biography
- trueWashington, D.C
- true1990s -- 1990 -- 1999
- trueAfrican American college students -- Biography
- trueAdult books for young adults
- African American teenage boys -- Education -- Washington (D.C.)
- trueJennings, Cedric Lavar
- trueBrown University -- Students -- Biography
- trueBiographies
- Jennings, Cedric Lavar -- Knowledge and learning
- trueAfrican Americans -- Education -- Biography
- Jennings, Cedric Lavar -- Childhood and youth
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Follows gifted African-American student Cedric Jennings from his crime-infested high school in Washington D.C. to his junior year at Brown University, discussing the problems he encountered along the road out of the ghetto
- Summary
- Follows a determined African American teenager from a violent school in Washington, D.C., to the bewildering world of the Ivy League
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 1999.
- Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 1998.
- New York Times Notable Book, 1998
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 155472
- Cataloging source
- ICrlF
- Citation source
-
- Wilson's Senior High School
- Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.)
- School Library Journal
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Suskind, Ron
- Dewey number
-
- 371.8/092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
-
- Adult
- 1080
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- LC2803.W3
- LC item number
- S87 1999
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jennings, Cedric Lavar
- Jennings, Cedric Lavar
- Frank W. Ballou Senior High School (Washington, D.C.)
- Brown University
- African American college students
- African American teenage boys
- Jennings, Cedric Lavar
- African American teenage boys
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- an American odyssey from the inner city to the Ivy League
- Label
- A hope in the unseen : an American odyssey from the inner city to the Ivy League, Ron Suskind
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 13966737
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 373 pages
- Isbn
- 9780767901260
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
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- (InCu)87DFE4655E044FD893FBB3A06449CDC2
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- Label
- A hope in the unseen : an American odyssey from the inner city to the Ivy League, Ron Suskind
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 13966737
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st trade pbk. ed.
- Extent
- 373 pages
- Isbn
- 9780767901260
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (InCu)87DFE4655E044FD893FBB3A06449CDC2
- (IMchF)fol05904929
Subject
- true1990s -- 1990 -- 1999
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAfrican American college students -- Biography
- African American teenage boys -- Education
- African American teenage boys -- Education -- Washington (D.C.)
- trueAfrican American teenage boys -- Washington, D.C. -- Biography
- trueAfrican Americans -- Education -- Biography
- trueBiographies
- trueBrown University -- Students -- Biography
- trueFrank W. Ballou Senior High School (Washington, D.C.)
- Frank W. Ballou Senior High School (Washington, D.C.) -- Students -- Biography
- trueInner city schools -- Washington, D.C
- trueInner city teenage boys -- Washington, D.C. -- Biography
- Jennings, Cedric Lavar
- trueJennings, Cedric Lavar
- Jennings, Cedric Lavar -- Childhood and youth
- Jennings, Cedric Lavar -- Knowledge and learning
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Personal transformation
- trueWashington, D.C
Genre
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 1999
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Adult Nonfiction for Young Adults: 1998
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 1998
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