A hope in the unseen: an American odyssey from the inner city to the Ivy League
Description
Follows a determined African American teenager from a violent school in Washington, D.C., to the bewildering world of the Ivy League
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ISBN:
9780767901260
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 7.5, 24 Points
Level 7.5, 24 Points
Lexile measure:
1080L
Subjects
Subjects
African American college students -- Biography
African American teenage boys -- Education -- Washington (D.C.)
Brown University -- Students -- Biography
Frank W. Ballou Senior High School (Washington, D.C.) -- Students -- Biography
Jennings, Cedric Lavar -- Childhood and youth
Jennings, Cedric Lavar -- Knowledge and learning
African American teenage boys -- Education -- Washington (D.C.)
Brown University -- Students -- Biography
Frank W. Ballou Senior High School (Washington, D.C.) -- Students -- Biography
Jennings, Cedric Lavar -- Childhood and youth
Jennings, Cedric Lavar -- Knowledge and learning
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| Grouping Title | hope in the unseen an american odyssey from the inner city to the ivy league |
| Grouping Author | suskind ron |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Last Grouping Update | 2020-02-12 14:33:28PM |
| Last Indexed | 2020-02-24 04:39:17AM |
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| accelerated_reader_point_value | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| accelerated_reader_reading_level | 7.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author | Suskind, Ron. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| display_description | At Ballou Senior High, a crime-infested school in Washington, D.C., honor students have learned to keep their heads down. Like most inner-city kids, they know that any special attention in a place this dangerous can make you a target of violence. But Cedric Jennings will not swallow his pride, and with unwavering support from his mother, he studies and strives as if his life depends on it--and it does. The summer after his junior year, at a program for minorities at MIT, he gets a fleeting glimpse of life outside, a glimpse that turns into a face-on challenge one year later: acceptance into Brown University, an Ivy League school. At Brown, finding himself far behind most of the other freshmen, Cedric must manage a bewildering array of intellectual and social challenges. Cedric had hoped that at college he would finally find a place to fit in, but he discovers he has little in common with either the white students, many of whom come from privileged backgrounds, or the middle-class blacks. Having traveled too far to turn back, Cedric is left to rely on his faith, his intelligence, and his determination to keep alive his hope in the unseen--a future of acceptance and reward that he struggles, each day, to envision. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| isbn | 9780767901260 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| lexile_score | 1080 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| literary_form | Non Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| literary_form_full | Non Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| local_callnumber_arlington | B JENNING C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| local_time_since_added_arlington | Six Months Year | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| owning_library_arlington | Arlington Public Library Aurora Hills Central Cherrydale Columbia Pike Connection Crystal City Detention Center Glencarlyn Local History Plaza Shirlington Westover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| primary_isbn | 9780767901260 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| publishDate | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| subject_facet | African American college students -- Biography African American teenage boys -- Education -- Washington (D.C.) Brown University -- Students -- Biography Frank W. Ballou Senior High School (Washington, D.C.) -- Students -- Biography Jennings, Cedric Lavar -- Childhood and youth Jennings, Cedric Lavar -- Knowledge and learning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_display | A hope in the unseen : an American odyssey from the inner city to the Ivy League | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_full | A hope in the unseen : an American odyssey from the inner city to the Ivy League / Ron Suskind | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_short | A hope in the unseen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_sub | an American odyssey from the inner city to the Ivy League | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
