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Lädt ... Discovering Wes Moorevon Wes Moore
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Kid's version of an adult memoir. Wes Moore is a Bronx survivor and a challenge to the statistics of poverty and violence. He grew up with a single mother after his father died suddenly when he was 4. Despite their surroundings, Wes' mother was determined to give her kids choices for their future. She works a few jobs to pay for Wes to go to an elite school, but when he begins to squander this opportunity and succumb to 'hood influences, she ships him off to military school in PA. After a rocky start that breaks him down, Wes flourishes, goes on to be one of the youngest leaders in the school, graduates from Johns Hopkins, and becomes a Rhodes scholar. Meanwhile he learns from his Mom about another Wes Moore, about the same age, also from the Bronx, who has chosen a completely different path and has just been jailed for murder. The name connection is what gets to Wes, so he strikes up a correspondence with the jailed Wes and learns his story and bears witness to its outcome. A tale of triumph, but also evocative of Gang Leader for A Day, so a little disheartening in that inner city woes have no easy solution. A very interesting correlation -- true, as I did further research! between reading scores around 3rd grade and the likelihood of jail time. Good discussion and eye-opening narration. ( ) WATCH BOOK TRAILER (video of author Wes Moore speaking about the book) Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart and within a year of each other. Both grew up fatherless in similar Baltimore neighborhoods and had difficult childhoods; both ran into trouble with the police. How did one grow up to be a Rhodes Scholar and business leader, while the other ended up a convicted murderer serving a life sentence? When Wes Moore wrote to his namesake in prison, they began a remarkable friendship. This story looks at the challenges of growing up and the power of the choices that people make in their lives. Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Biography & Autobiography.
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Young Adult Nonfiction.
HTML: For fans of The Wire and Unbroken comes a story of two fatherless boys from Baltimore, both named Wes Moore. One is in prison, serving a life sentence for murder. The other is a Rhodes Scholar, an army veteran, and an author whose book is being turned into a movie produced by Oprah Winfrey. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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