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Invisible Child

Andrea Elliott

What is growing up in poverty like for a child in New York, and why does it endure across generations?

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Author
Andrea Elliott

Why read it

  • You will see how the child welfare system can take siblings from home over neglect, including the condition of the home
  • You will understand how one family's hardship runs back through generations, traced from the eighteen thirties to today
  • You will learn that one in five American children lived in poverty, the same rate as twenty years before

Who it is for

  • Reader who wants a human story behind poverty statistics
  • Social worker, teacher or policy student working with poor families
  • Voter weighing debates on homelessness and child welfare

Contents

  1. author’s note
  2. prologue
  3. OCTOBER 6, 2015
  4. chapter 1
  5. chapter 2
  6. chapter 3
  7. chapter 4
  8. chapter 5
  9. chapter 6
  10. chapter 7
  11. chapter 8
  12. part 2 the sykes family: 1835–2003
  13. chapter 9
  14. chapter 10
  15. chapter 11
  16. chapter 12
  17. chapter 13
  18. chapter 14
  19. chapter 15
  20. chapter 16
  21. chapter 17
  22. chapter 18
  23. chapter 19
  24. chapter 20
  25. chapter 21
  26. chapter 22
  27. chapter 23
  28. chapter 24
  29. chapter 25
  30. chapter 26
  31. chapter 27
  32. chapter 28
  33. chapter 29
  34. chapter 30
  35. chapter 31
  36. chapter 32
  37. chapter 33
  38. chapter 34
  39. chapter 35
  40. chapter 36
  41. chapter 37
  42. chapter 38
  43. chapter 39
  44. chapter 40
  45. chapter 41
  46. chapter 42
  47. chapter 43
  48. chapter 44
  49. chapter 45
  50. afterword
  51. Questions and Topics for Discussion

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