Contents -- Foreword -- Nobody can make it out here alone -- To the Reader -- Bronx Roots -- Introduction -- Nobody -- It Was the Worst of Times -- Defying Expectations -- Omara�The Orphan -- Remarkable Ramika -- Marion�A Rare Gem -- Typical American Teenager�Kogan Page -- Tenacious Tamika -- Multiple Intelligences: A Digression -- Dolores�The Dancer -- Marisa�with Charisma -- Pedro�The Piano Player -- Bridging the Gap -- Losing Our Way -- Deception, Dismantling, and Demise of Public Education -- Appendixes -- Letter from M. Rasool
Course of Study for Multicultural LiteratureInterest Inventory -- Notes -- Index
