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Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781401310592)
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xIn the vein of The Glass Castle, Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who at age fifteen was living on the streets, and who eventually made it into Harvard.
Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. At age fifteen, Liz found herself on the streets. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and riding subways all night to have a warm place to sleep.
When Liz's mother died of AIDS, she decided to take control of her own destiny and go back to high school, often completing her assignments in the hallways and subway stations where she slept. Liz squeezed four years of high school into two, while homeless; won a New York Times scholarship; and made it into the Ivy League. Breaking Night is an unforgettable and beautifully written story of one young woman's indomitable spirit to survive and prevail, against all odds.
Author: Liz Murray
ISBN-10: 1401310591
ISBN-13: 9781401310592
Publisher: Hachette Books
Language: English
Published: 05/24/2011
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.00d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.8
Point Value: 22
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 141096 / Breaking Night
Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. At age fifteen, Liz found herself on the streets. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and riding subways all night to have a warm place to sleep.
When Liz's mother died of AIDS, she decided to take control of her own destiny and go back to high school, often completing her assignments in the hallways and subway stations where she slept. Liz squeezed four years of high school into two, while homeless; won a New York Times scholarship; and made it into the Ivy League. Breaking Night is an unforgettable and beautifully written story of one young woman's indomitable spirit to survive and prevail, against all odds.
Author: Liz Murray
ISBN-10: 1401310591
ISBN-13: 9781401310592
Publisher: Hachette Books
Language: English
Published: 05/24/2011
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.00d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.8
Point Value: 22
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 141096 / Breaking Night
By Liz Murray
xLiz Murray was left homeless at age fifteen after her mother's death from AIDS. She fended for herself on the streets, eventually returning to high school. She was accepted into Harvard, where she attended college classes for three years before taking time off to help her father, who died of AIDS. She returned to college, and is now taking graduate courses at Harvard. Liz gives speaking engagements around the country. A movie about her life, Homeless to Harvard, was made by Lifetime in 2003, and airs frequently.
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