There Are No Children Here

The book There Are No Children Here is about two boys growing up in what was one of the worst Chicago housing projects of the 1980's. Not only do the two boys have to survive each day of living in the projects they have to avoid the pressures of joining gangs, partaking in the drug trade, and avoiding gang wars, the two boys have to escape to make anything of themselves in the future. The two boys also have many siblings that have failed to escape the projects and still live with them going in and out of jail. There mother, being the only one to raise the family, has to find a way to make money for food when their welfare gets denied. I chose this book because it makes me realize how lucky I am to have the family I have and the home that I grew up in. It makes me more grateful everyday for all the chances that I have been given. I am currently about half way through the book, but once I start reading it, it becomes hard to stop.