In Alex Kotlowitz's book, There Are No Children Here, two young men, Terrence Rivers and Craig Davis are portrayed as youths, who, though they are both brought up in similar situations and both experience the every day horrors of living in the projects, turn into two very different people. ... The community loved him, his peers respected him, and younger children in the neighborhood looked up to him. ... Craig also willingly became a role model for many of the neighborhood's children and he often took time out to talk to them, though they were several years younger than he. ...

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