Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America
In Fire in the Ashes, Jonathan Kozol draws on twenty-five years among some of America’s poorest children. The book explores childhood, poverty, education, and inequality through a sustained account of lives shaped by difficult social and economic conditions.
About This Book
Fire in the Ashes examines poverty and childhood in America through Jonathan Kozol’s twenty-five years among the country’s poorest children.
The book presents a sustained account of children living amid profound economic hardship.
Its subject is the relationship between poverty, education, and the broader conditions affecting children’s lives.
Kozol’s work offers a socially engaged perspective on inequality in America.
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