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The author of [b]There Are No Children Here[/b] follows up that magnificent effort with the gripping story of a mysterious death in southwest Michigan. A black teenager surfaces in the St. Joseph River, drowned. How did he get there? The towns of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, divided by both race and the river, grapple with the possibilities in this maddeningly difficult case.
(www.amazon.com)

I also read There Are No Children Here in which he chronicles the lives of children living in the core of Chicago. In both cases, he chronicles life experiences, worries, and fears that, thankfully, my children have not experienced in their lifetimes. It bothers me in many ways to know situations like these exist in many regions of the United States (as well as other parts of the world) without the circumstances being called into question, as if their lives and children are invisible.
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