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Contributor(s): Miller, Joe (Author)

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 ISBN: 0312426976     ISBN-13: 9780312426972
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2007
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Annotation: A "Chicago Tribune" Best Book of the Year
By almost all measures, Kansas City's Central High School is just another failing inner-city school--with abysmal test scores, only one in three graduate. "Cross-X" is the riveting story of Central's championship debate team. As the students and their coach face formidable opponents from elite prep schools, they must also battle bureaucrats who seem maddeningly determined to hold them back, friends and family who are mired in poverty and drug addiction, and--perhaps most daunting--their own self-destructive choices. It is a gripping story about the essential nature of debate in any democratic society, and how through argument, retort, and wit, ideals survive even under the most difficult conditions.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Student Life & Student Affairs
- Education | Secondary
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric
Dewey: 808.530
Lexile Measure: 1060(Not Available)
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 8.2" W x 5.5" L (1.30 lbs) 528 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - Missouri
- Locality - St. Louis, Missouri
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 115278
Reading Level: 7.5   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 28.0
 
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Publisher Description:

A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year

By almost all measures, Kansas City's Central High School is just another failing inner-city school--with abysmal test scores, only one in three graduate. Cross-X is the riveting story of Central's championship debate team. As the students and their coach face formidable opponents from elite prep schools, they must also battle bureaucrats who seem maddeningly determined to hold them back, friends and family who are mired in poverty and drug addiction, and--perhaps most daunting--their own self-destructive choices. It is a gripping story about the essential nature of debate in any democratic society, and how through argument, retort, and wit, ideals survive even under the most difficult conditions.

Contributor Bio(s): Miller, Joe: - Joe Miller's writing has appeared in Popular Science, Vibe, and Poets & Writers Magazine. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
 
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