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Children Under Fire: An American Crisis
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Product Description A New York Times, Newsweek, Buzzfeed, and Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Book of the Year Based on the acclaimed series—a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize—an intimate account of the devastating effects of gun violence on our nation’s children, and a call to action for a new way forward In 2017, seven-year-old Ava in South Carolina wrote a letter to Tyshaun, an eight-year-old boy from Washington, DC. She asked him to be her pen pal; Ava thought they could help each other. The kids had a tragic connection—both were traumatized by gun violence. Ava’s best friend had been killed in a campus shooting at her elementary school, and Tyshaun’s father had been shot to death outside of the boy’s elementary school. Ava’s and Tyshaun’s stories are extraordinary, but not unique. In the past decade, 15,000 children have been killed from gunfire, though that number does not account for the kids who weren’t shot and aren’t considered victims but have nevertheless been irreparably harmed by gun violence. In Children Under Fire, John Woodrow Cox investigates the effectiveness of gun safety reforms as well as efforts to manage children’s trauma in the wake of neighborhood shootings and campus massacres, from Columbine to Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Through deep reporting, Cox addresses how we can effect change now, and help children like Ava and Tyshaun. He explores their stories and more, including a couple in South Carolina whose eleven-year-old son shot himself, a Republican politician fighting for gun safety laws, and the charlatans infiltrating the school safety business. In a moment when the country is desperate to better understand and address gun violence, Children Under Fire offers a way to do just that, weaving wrenching personal stories into a critical call for the United States to embrace practical reforms that would save thousands of young lives. Review "A searing new book . . . [ Children Under Fire] should force change." -- Editorial Board, The Washington Post “Cox shines a light on America's gun violence crisis through deeply personal and profoundly affecting stories of the children who live with its everlasting repercussions.” -- Newsweek “Demonstrates that the most effective riposte to those who fetishize bearing arms is to bear witness.” -- New York Times Book Review “An important book and should be read by as many people as possible.” -- Washington Post “[A] powerful report on the emotional scars left by gun violence . . . Cox analyzes the gun crisis astutely, but his surpassing achievement in this eloquent book is to let children speak for themselves about their grief. Put this one on a shelf with Alex Kotlowitz’s There Are No Children Here—and have a box of tissues handy . . . indispensable.” -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Absorbing . . . at once painful to read but vitally necessary if Americans are to understand the ‘widely ignored’ epidemic that affects millions in ways we still do not fully understand. . . . A strikingly empathetic, well-crafted report, [and] an urgent call to sensible action on behalf of our nation’s children.” -- New York Journal of Books “Cox adapts his groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize–nominated series in this harrowing and illuminating account of gun violence in America, told through the children witnessing (and traumatized by) it, interwoven with an analysis of the government’s profound failure to protect them.” -- Buzzfeed, “Most Anticipated Books Of 2021” “A difficult but important book, refusing to allow its readers to look away from the true human cost of America’s continued failure to protect its children from gun violence.” -- Booklist “A carefully reasoned, compelling, and persuasive study of a crisis that requires immediate attention.” -- Library Journal "A hard-hitting report. . . . [ Children Under Fire] illuminates both the emotional trauma of gun violence and the healing power of friendship for its youngest victims. . . . Balancing sound resear
