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A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year
A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year
One of Kansas City Star's 100 Noteworthy Books of the Year
Winner of the William Rockhill Nelson Award for Nonfiction
Winner of the Harry Chapin Media Award
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Forget the nerdy reputation that debate has. Instead think of a scenario as exciting as a sports game with high stakes like triumphing over racism. bad politics and abject poverty... An important, thoughtful and provocative look at race and class in America.
- The Boston Globe
Joe Miller's enthusiasm is infectious and the plot creates the suspense of a good courtroom thriller.
- Entertainment Weekly
The minute I finished Joe Miller's Cross-X, I held the book out in front of me -- amazed, rapturous, and hopeful... Miller's mesmerizing, vivid accounts of the debates will leave you crouched in your seat, holding your breath... An incredibly powerful, daringly hopeful book.
- Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Irresistible... Miller begins breezily but is soon deeply invested in the Central squad's mission to not only master the debate game on its own terms but revolutionize it with flashes of poetry and hip-hop wordplay... If all these kids could run things, Miller implies, imagine what could get done.
- Elle
6 comments:
you swear you didn't photoshop that head on the body?
Poor thing. I think she should move north to say Minneapolis so she could keep her coat.
You should be arrested. This is just pure evil.
This is just pure evil. You should be punished.
You have now been officially targeted by members of the Northeast Chapter of UFU (Urban Feline Uprising) this may result in something horrible and clawy.
Pearl saw Haley's new do and said, "Meow, that look is for me." Who am I to argue? We're off to the groomer.
You HAVE to send pictures. How big do you think she'll be without all that hair?
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