The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two FatesThe chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his. Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year of each other. Both grew up fatherless in similar Baltimore neighborhoods and had difficult childhoods; both hung out on street corners with their crews; both ran into trouble with the police. How, then, did one grow up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated veteran, White House Fellow,

The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.

Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year of each other. Both grew up fatherless in similar Baltimore neighborhoods and had difficult childhoods; both hung out on street corners with their crews; both ran into trouble with the police. How, then, did one grow up to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader, while the other ended up a convicted murderer serving a life sentence? Wes Moore, the author of this fascinating book, sets out to answer this profound question. In alternating narratives that take readers from heart-wrenching losses to moments of surprising redemption, The Other Wes Moore tells the story of a generation of boys trying to find their way in a hostile world.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Published: 01/11/2011
ISBN: 9780385528207
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 01/16/2011 pg. 20
Entertainment Weekly 01/21/2011 pg. 78

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 144360 / Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
Reading Level: 7.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 11