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Children of Chicago

Cynthia Pelayo
Children of Chicago Book PDF

Author : Cynthia Pelayo
Publisher : Polis Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781951709433

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2021 BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL 2021 INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD WINNER "GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOUR HEART THUMP AND SKIN CRAWL”—The New York Times A gripping, modern-day spin on the Pied Piper fairy tale, as well as a gritty love letter to the underworld of Chicago from acclaimed Bram Stoker nominee Cynthia Pelayo. Reminiscent of the Bloody Mary urban legend, the Pied Piper’s story can be tracked back to the deaths of children for centuries and across the world—call to him for help with your problems, but beware when he comes back asking for payment. Chicago detective Lauren Medina’s latest call brings her to investigate a brutally murdered teenager in Humboldt Park—a crime eerily similar to the murder of her sister decades before. Unlike her straight-laced partner, she recognizes the crime, and the new graffiti popping up all over the city, for what it really means: the Pied Piper has returned. When more children are found dead, Lauren is certain her suspicion is correct. Still reeling from the recent death of her father, she knows she must find out who has summoned him again, and why, before more people die. Lauren’s torn between protecting the city she has sworn to keep safe, and keeping a promise she made long ago with her sister’s murderer. She may have to ruin her life by exposing her secrets and lies to stop the Pied Piper before he collects.

Hardly Children

Laura Adamczyk
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Author : Laura Adamczyk
Publisher : FSG Originals
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374718688

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Named a Fall Pick by Boston Globe, ELLE, Library Journal and MyDomain An eerie debut collection featuring missing parents, unrequited love, and other uncomfortable moments A man hangs from the ceiling of an art gallery. A woman spells out messages to her sister using her own hair. Children deemed “bad” are stolen from their homes. In Hardly Children, Laura Adamczyk’s rich and eccentric debut collection, familiar worlds—bars, hotel rooms, cities that could very well be our own—hum with uncanny dread. The characters in Hardly Children are keyed up, on the verge, full of desire. They’re lost, they’re in love with someone they shouldn’t be, they’re denying uncomfortable truths using sex or humor. They are children waking up to the threats of adulthood, and adults living with childlike abandon. With command, caution, and subtle terror, Adamczyk shapes a world where death and the possibility of loss always emerge. Yet the shape of this loss is never fully revealed. Instead, it looms in the periphery of these stories, like an uncomfortable scene viewed out of the corner of one’s eye.

The Best in Children's Books

Zena Sutherland
The Best in Children s Books Book PDF

Author : Zena Sutherland
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1980-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0226780597

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Includes indexes.

Chicago History for Kids

Owen Hurd
Chicago History for Kids Book PDF

Author : Owen Hurd
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781613740408

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From the Native Americans who lived in the Chicago area for thousands of years, to the first European explorers Marquette and Jolliet, to the 2005 Chicago White Sox World Series win, parents, teachers, and kids will love this comprehensive and exciting history of how Chicago became the third largest city in the U.S. Chicago's spectacular and impressive history comes alive through activities such as building a model of the original Ferris Wheel, taking architectural walking tours of the first skyscrapers and Chicago's oldest landmarks, and making a Chicago-style hotdog. Serving as both a guide to kids and their parents and an engaging tool for teachers, this book details the first Chicagoan Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, the Fort Dearborn Massacre, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the building of the world's first skyscraper, and the hosting of two World's Fairs. In addition to uncovering Windy City treasures such as the birth of the vibrant jazz era of Louis Armstrong and the work of Chicago poets, novelists, and songwriters, kids will also learn about Chicago's triumphant and tortured sports history.

Our Children, Their Children

Darnell F. Hawkins,Kimberly Kempf-Leonard
Our Children Their Children Book PDF

Author : Darnell F. Hawkins,Kimberly Kempf-Leonard
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226319919

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In Our Children, Their Children, a prominent team of researchers argues that a second-rate and increasingly punitive juvenile justice system is allowed to persist because most people believe it is designed for children in other ethnic and socioeconomic groups. While public opinion, laws, and social policies that convey distinctions between "our children" and "their children" may seem to conflict with the American ideal of blind justice, they are hardly at odds with patterns of group differentiation and inequality that have characterized much of American history. Our Children, Their Children provides a state-of-the-science examination of racial and ethnic disparities in the American juvenile justice system. Here, contributors document the precise magnitude of these disparities, seek to determine their causes, and propose potential solutions. In addition to race and ethnicity, contributors also look at the effects on juvenile justice of suburban sprawl, the impact of family and neighborhood, bias in postarrest decisions, and mental health issues. Assessing the implications of these differences for public policy initiatives and legal reforms, this volume is the first critical summary of what is known and unknown in this important area of social research.

Children of Alcoholics

Kenneth J. Sher
Children of Alcoholics Book PDF

Author : Kenneth J. Sher
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1991-10-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0226752712

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This study offers a comprehensive, critical look at what is known and not known about children of alcoholics, and also constructs a model for assessing existing theory and introducing new methodological rigor into this field.

There Are No Children Here

Alex Kotlowitz
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Author : Alex Kotlowitz
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307814289

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This is the moving and powerful account of two remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex disfigured by crime and neglect.

A Home of Another Kind

Kenneth Cmiel
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Author : Kenneth Cmiel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995-02-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0226110842

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In the most comprehensive account ever written of an American orphanage, an institution about which even its many new advocates and experts know little, Kenneth Cmiel exposes America's changing attitudes toward child welfare. The book begins with the fascinating history of the Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum from 1860 through 1984, when it became a full-time research institute. Founded by a group of wealthy volunteers, the asylum was a Protestant institution for Protestant children—one of dozens around the country designed as places where single parents could leave their children if they were temporarily unable to care for them. But the asylum, which later became known as Chapin Hall, changed dramatically over the years as it tried to respond to changing policies, priorities, regulations, and theories concerning child welfare. Cmiel offers a vivid portrait of how these changes affected the day-to-day realities of group living. How did the kind of care given to the children change? What did the staff and management hope to accomplish? How did they define "family"? Who were the children who lived in the asylum? What brought them there? What were their needs? How did outside forces change what went on inside Chapin Hall? This is much more than a richly detailed account of one institution. Cmiel shatters a number of popular myths about orphanages. Few realize that almost all children living in nineteenth-century orphanages had at least one living parent. And the austere living conditions so characteristic of the orphanage were prompted as much by health concerns as by strict Victorian morals.

The Skin You Live in

Tyler Michael Csicsko David Lee
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Author : Tyler Michael Csicsko David Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Human skin color
ISBN : 0989012301

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With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, this lively story delivers an important message of social acceptance to young readers. Themes associated with child development and social harmony, such as friendship, acceptance, self-esteem, and diversity are promoted in simple and straightforward prose. Vivid illustrations of children's activities for all cultures, such as swimming in the ocean, hugging, catching butterflies, and eating birthday cake are also provided. This delightful picturebook offers a wonderful venue through which parents and teachers can discuss important social concepts with their children.

Children of the Land

Glen H. Elder Jr.,Rand D. Conger
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Author : Glen H. Elder Jr.,Rand D. Conger
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226224978

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Children of the Land by Glen H. Elder Jr.,Rand D. Conger Pdf

A century ago, most Americans had ties to the land. Now only one in fifty is engaged in farming and little more than a fourth live in rural communities. Though not new, this exodus from the land represents one of the great social movements of our age and is also symptomatic of an unparalleled transformation of our society. In Children of the Land, the authors ask whether traditional observations about farm families—strong intergenerational ties, productive roles for youth in work and social leadership, dedicated parents and a network of positive engagement in church, school, and community life—apply to three hundred Iowa children who have grown up with some tie to the land. The answer, as this study shows, is a resounding yes. In spite of the hardships they faced during the agricultural crisis of the 1980s, these children, whose lives we follow from the seventh grade to after high school graduation, proved to be remarkably successful, both academically and socially. A moving testament to the distinctly positive lifestyle of Iowa families with connections to the land, this uplifting book also suggests important routes to success for youths in other high risk settings.

The Child

Richard A. Shweder,Thomas R. Bidell,Anne C. Dailey,Suzanne D. Dixon,Peggy J. Miller,John Modell
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Author : Richard A. Shweder,Thomas R. Bidell,Anne C. Dailey,Suzanne D. Dixon,Peggy J. Miller,John Modell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780226756110

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The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion offers both parents and professionals access to the best scholarship from all areas of child studies in a remarkable one-volume reference. Bringing together contemporary research on children and childhood from pediatrics, child psychology, childhood studies, education, sociology, history, law, anthropology, and other related areas, The Child contains more than 500 articles—all written by experts in their fields and overseen by a panel of distinguished editors led by anthropologist Richard A. Shweder. Each entry provides a concise and accessible synopsis of the topic at hand. For example, the entry “Adoption” begins with a general definition, followed by a detailed look at adoption in different cultures and at different times, a summary of the associated mental and developmental issues that can arise, and an overview of applicable legal and public policy. While presenting certain universal facts about children’s development from birth through adolescence, the entries also address the many worlds of childhood both within the United States and around the globe. They consider the ways that in which race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and cultural traditions of child rearing can affect children’s experiences of physical and mental health, education, and family. Alongside the topical entries, The Child includes more than forty “Imagining Each Other” essays, which focus on the particular experiences of children in different cultures. In “Work before Play for Yucatec Maya Children,” for example, readers learn of the work responsibilities of some modern-day Mexican children, while in “A Hindu Brahman Boy Is Born Again,” they witness a coming-of-age ritual in contemporary India. Compiled by some of the most distinguished child development researchers in the world, The Child will broaden the current scope of knowledge on children and childhood. It is an unparalleled resource for parents, social workers, researchers, educators, and others who work with children.

A Long Way From Chicago

Richard Peck
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Author : Richard Peck
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780141303529

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A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.

Chicago Treasure

Larry Broutman
Chicago Treasure Book PDF

Author : Larry Broutman
Publisher : Lake Claremont Press: A Chicago Joint
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : 1893121798

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Chicago Treasure by Larry Broutman Pdf

Chicago has many treasures. The Magnificent Mile and Wrigley Field, wonderful public art and parks, beautiful bridges and skylines. But the true heart and the real treasure of the city are its children. This book is devoted to Chicago's children. Come along as they travel to worlds within worlds, becoming storybook characters who follow the Yellow Brick Road, sip tea in Wonderland, tame a tiger, live in a shoe, climb a magic beanstalk to bring home a golden-egg-laying hen, turn a frog into a prince, meet fairies and dragons. Continue as they step into painted canvases to inhabit scenes from other times and places. After climbing down from those framed worlds, they explore the city, high-fiving the victorious Chicago Bears, joining penguins at the theater, and leaping across State Street Bridge aboard African impalas. The kids are the story. The book is their adventure. Its door swings open. . . For kids of all ages. 168 pages and 150 illustrations. Unlimited dreams.

Santa Muerte

Cynthia Pelayo
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Author : Cynthia Pelayo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0984730494

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Santa Muerte by Cynthia Pelayo Pdf

n life, sometimes the only thing that can save you is death.Ariana Molina is a high school senior living in secret in Chicago, in hopes her father's enemies do not find her. One day her father Reynaldo Molina, the lead federal investigator in Mexico targeting criminal organizations, arrives unexpectedly at her doorstep. After he is involved in a strange car accident that leaves one person dead, Ari begins to have visions of a veiled skeletal figure trying to lure her.Struggling with visions of gruesome ghosts in the day and night, Ari is soon stalked by Chicago street gang members suspicious of her real identity. When Ari discovers they are indeed members of Mexico's most ruthless drug cartel who want her and her father dead, she has to make a choice to save their life and only Santa Muerte, the saint of death, can help her.

Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago

Stanford T. Shulman MD
Children s Memorial Hospital of Chicago Book PDF

Author : Stanford T. Shulman MD
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781439644454

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Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago by Stanford T. Shulman MD Pdf

In 1886, the state-of-the-art surgery room of Truman W. Miller, MD, in Chicagos first childrens hospital had no electric lights, no antibiotics, limited equipment, and only the most rudimentary anesthesia. This renowned surgeon served on a voluntary basis as president of an all-volunteer medical staff from 1882 to 1900. The hospital opened in 1882 as an eight-bed cottage in Lincoln Park, when pediatrics was in its infancy. It was at the forefront then, and it continues to be among the countrys best. For over a century, it was called Childrens Memorial Hospital, and it was renamed Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago in 2012, when it moved to a 288-bed facility in the heart of the city. The hospitals history reflects the steady advances in pediatrics, propelled by visionary individuals, pioneering clinicians, and the communityall dedicated to the care and well-being of children.