Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

A nonfiction story of young people in the ghetto, as girls become mothers, boys become criminals, and hope struggles against deprivation.

Award History

2 wins · 3 total

Award	Year	Result	Category / Notes
Ridenhour Book Prize	2005	Winner	Secondary source
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards: Nonfiction	2004	Co-winner	Official source
National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionMajor	2003	Finalist	Secondary source

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01 Central figures
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02 Central places
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- the Bronx70%
03 Suggested argument
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Hope struggles against deprivation as girls become mothers and boys become criminals in the Bronx ghetto.
Model confidence 55%
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30 / 100 academic
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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.