Right in Front of Us: Forty-Seven Stories Written by Chicago High School Students
Foreword by Alex Kotlowitz
826CHI Books, 228 pages, $12 paper
Sampson the dog, Pancho the cat and all the other ordinary stuff of life animate this collection of short, intimate essays written by high school students with the guidance of tutors from 826CHI, a Chicago-based non-profit organizationting that helps students develop their writing skills. “If the stories share one common theme,” author Alex Kotlowitz writes in the book’s foreword, “it’s the power of family — its power both to bolster the spirit as well as to tear it down.” Some of the students will read from their work June 7 at the baiduhai Printers Row Book Fair.
Check www.printersrowbookfair.org for details.