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

"Andrea Elliot’s riveting debut, Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City, takes on poverty, homelessness, racism, addiction, hunger and more as they shape the lives of one remarkable girl, Dasani Coates, and her tight-knit family. Covering a period of eight years, the book chronicles an array of heartrending tragedies and remarkable triumphs. It also details how the stunningly flawed systems that trap Dasani and her family – from homeless services to public assistance to child assistance – came to be."