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A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

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4.2 out of 5
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Book Description
It is 1993, and Cedric Jennings is a bright and ferociously determined honor student at Ballou, a high school in one of Washington D.C.'s most dangerous neighborhoods, where the dropout rate is well into double digits and just 80 students out of more than 1,350 boast an average of B or better. At Ballou, Cedric has almost no friends. He eats lunch in a classroom most days, plowing through the extr... More
Book Information
PublisherBroadway
BindingKindle Edition (17 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages373
ISBN-10B003YJEZPK
Publication Date08/18/2010
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About Ron Suskind (Author) : Ron Suskind is a published author of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Ron Suskind include Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League.
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