Our America - 2nd time around

This is not my first time reading Our America, I was required to read it a few years back in high school for a class about Chicago. I remember this book really sticking with me and as I am reading it for the second time I am reminded as to why I enjoyed it so much. The interview style for one makes you imagine that you are there listening to several different conversations with these children. When I first read this book I immediately thought to ask my Dad about his knowledge of these project since he had been in them years ago prior to them being torn down. Similar to this book the stories that my Dad had about the years he was around those projects were really sad. This book focuses on the children and the kind of lives they were living, as well as their street knowledge that many had at a young age. Reading this book for the second time has made me see some newer things and research other things about these projects that I didn't think about in high school.