Jonathan Kozol, author portrait

Jonathan Kozol

Jonathan Kozol is the author of Death at an Early Age (for which he received the National Book Award), Savage InequalitiesAmazing Grace, and other award-winning books about young children and their public schools. He travels and lectures about educational inequality and racial injustice.
The Theft of Memory
Fire in the Ashes
Ordinary Resurrections
Savage Inequalities
Amazing Grace
Illiterate America
Letters to a Young Teacher
Rachel and Her Children
The Shame of the Nation
Illiterate America
Death at an Early Age

Books

The Theft of Memory
Fire in the Ashes
Ordinary Resurrections
Savage Inequalities
Amazing Grace
Illiterate America
Letters to a Young Teacher
Rachel and Her Children
The Shame of the Nation
Illiterate America
Death at an Early Age

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