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Title Hold fast to dreams : a college guidance counselor, his students, and the vision of a life beyond poverty / Beth Zasloff and Joshua Steckel.
Author Zasloff, Beth, author.
Publication Info. New York : The New Press, 2014.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  371.4 ZAS    Check Shelves
Description xii, 306 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Riding backwards : Nkese and Dwight -- With whom do you make your permanent home? Mike and Abby -- Take the Brooklyn out of you : Nkese and Dwight -- Someone to step up and pave the way : Ashley -- Away from the madness : Mike and Abby -- Do you know what it's like to live my life? Kennetta, Angie, and Rafael -- The best fit : Ashley -- Forward movement : Nkese and Dwight -- Room to grow : Mike and Abby -- Undocumented American dream : Aicha and Santiago -- Let's change lives : Kennetta, Angie, and Rafael -- The will to aspire : Aicha and Santiago.
Subject Educational counseling -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
High school students -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews.
Student aspirations -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
Minority students -- Counseling of -- United States.
College choice -- United States.
Academic achievement -- United States.
Added Author Steckel, Joshua, author.
ISBN 9781595589040 (hardcover) : $25.95
159558904X (hardcover)
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