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And Still We Rise:: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students

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Bestselling author of The Killing Season and veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Miles Corwin spent a school year with twelve high school seniors -- South-Central kids who qualified for a gifted program because of their exceptional IQs and test scores. Sitting alongside them in classrooms where bullets were known to rip through windows, Corwin chronicled their amazing odyssey as they faced the greatest challenges of their academic lives. And Still We Rise is an unforgettable story of transcending obstacles that would dash the hopes of any but the most exceptional spirits.

Language: English

Pages: 432

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Release: March 20, 2001

ISBN: 0380798298

ISBN 13: 9780380798292

And Still We Rise:: The Trials and Triumphs of Twelve Gifted Inner-City Students

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Bestselling author of The Killing Season and veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Miles Corwin spent a school year with twelve high school seniors -- South-Central kids who qualified for a gifted program because of their exceptional IQs and test scores. Sitting alongside them in classrooms where bullets were known to rip through windows, Corwin chronicled their amazing odyssey as they faced the greatest challenges of their academic lives. And Still We Rise is an unforgettable story of transcending obstacles that would dash the hopes of any but the most exceptional spirits.

Language: English

Pages: 432

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Release: March 20, 2001

ISBN: 0380798298

ISBN 13: 9780380798292

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