Prize for Creative Citizenship. 2013 The Deborah W. Meier Hero in Education Award from FairTest WorksThe Fume of Poppies (1958) A novel.Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools. First published in 1967, it won the National Book Award and sold more than two million copies. It describes his year of teaching in the Boston Public School System. Reissue Free Schools (1972) The Night is Dark and I Am Far from Home (1975) Children of the Revolution: A Yankee Teacher in the Cuban Schools (1978) Prisoners of Silence: Breaking the Bonds of Adult Illiteracy in the United States (1980) On Being a Teacher (1981) Alternative Schools: A Guide for Educators and Parents (1982) Illiterate America (1986) Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America (1988) Awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for 1989 and The Conscience in Media Award of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the Christopher Award, 1988. Reprint Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools (1991) A finalist for the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award and awarded The New England Book Award. Reprint Bookfinder collected reviews.Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation (1995) Reprint Review and appreciation by Mary Leue.Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope (2000) Reprint . Review by Jana Siciliano at BookReporter.com.The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America (2005) Letters to a Young Teacher (2007) Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five Years Among the Poorest Children in America (2012) The Theft of Memory: Losing My Father One Day at a Time (2015) See also Boston Public Schools Education in the United States Racial inequality in the United States References External links Jonathan Kozol Takes On the World Gary Stager interviews Kozol about The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Education in America for District Administration Magazine – January 2006 issue. Jonathan Kozol Speaks Out In this September 2000 interview for Curriculum Administrator Magazine, Kozol talks about his book, Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope'' with Gary Stager. Explanation of Modern US Education 2005 Talk given by Jonathan Kozol (MP3) Video: Jonathan Kozol – Letters to a Young Teacher (October 3, 2007), from Mr. Kozol's 2007 book tour. Video: Jonathan Kozol – The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America (September 30,