There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America by Alex Kotlowitz; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Dion Graham

This New York Public Library selection as one of the 150 most important books of the twentieth century is a true-life portrait of growing up in the Chicago projects.

This national best-seller chronicles the true story of two brothers coming of age in the Henry Horner public housing complex in Chicago. Lafeyette and Pharoah Rivers are eleven and nine years old when the story begins in the summer of 1987. Living with their mother and six siblings, they struggle against grinding poverty, gun violence, gang influences, overzealous police officers, and overburdened and neglectful bureaucracies. Immersed in their lives for two years, Kotlowitz brings us this classic rendering of growing up poor in America’s cities.

“Alex Kotlowitz’s story informs the heart. His meticulous portrait of the two boys in a Chicago housing project shows how much heroism is required to survive, let alone escape.”—New York Times

Dion Graham has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, internationally (including London's Royal National Theatre), in films, and in several hit television series. Critically acclaimed, his performances and narration have been praised as thoughtful and compelling, vivid and full of life.