Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City

Andrea Elliott

960 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter. Dasani was named after the bottled water that signaled Brooklyn's gentrification and the shared aspira...

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Moods

emotional 79%
informative 79%
challenging 70%
sad 70%
reflective 53%
dark 27%
tense 25%
hopeful 24%
inspiring 21%
adventurous 1%
funny 1%

Pace

medium 70%
slow 15%
fast 13%

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