Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

Title: Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League Author: Ron Suskind ISBN: 9780767901260 Publisher: Crown Published: 1999 Binding: Paperback Language: English Publisher Description: The inspiring, true coming-of-age story of a ferociously determined young man who, armed only with his intellect and his willpower, fights his way out of despair. In 1993, Cedric Jennings was a bright and ferociously determined honor student at Ballou, a high school in one of Washington D.C.'s most dangerous neighborhoods, where the dropout rate was well into double digits and just 80 students out of more than 1,350 boasted an average of B or better. At Ballou, Cedric had almost no friends. He ate lunch in a classroom most days, plowing through the extra work he asked for, knowing that he was really competing with kids from other, harder schools. Cedric Jennings's driving ambition--which was fully supported by his fo