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Tells the story of five inner-city Hispanic students who start their college applications in the midst of the country's worst recession and of Reality Changers, the program that aims to help them become the first in their families to go college.

Table of Contents
Author's Note Cast of Characters Introduction 1. Across the Water 2. Senior Academy 3. Looking for a Home 4. Inventing Reality Changers 5. Dangerous Enough 6. Uphill 7. Doing RC: How It Works 8. Breaking Faith, Breaking Free 9. A Great Small Organization 10. Undocumented 11. Three-Day 12. Essay Crunch 13. Santiago Milagro and the Four-Year Plan 14. Walking on Water 15. Reset 16. The Guy Inside 17. Rocks on Her Legs 18. Stars and Projects and Everyone Else 19. Going the Distance with Eduardo 20. The Guy Outside 21. Getting In 22. The Costs of Their Dreams 23. Reckonings 24. Scholarship Banquet 25. The Evolution of Reality Changers 26. Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 10/06/2016
      ISBN13: 9780520284449, 978-0520284449
      ISBN10: 0520284445
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tells the story of five inner-city Hispanic students who start their college applications in the midst of the country's worst recession and of Reality Changers, the program that aims to help them become the first in their families to go college.

      Table of Contents
      Author's Note Cast of Characters Introduction 1. Across the Water 2. Senior Academy 3. Looking for a Home 4. Inventing Reality Changers 5. Dangerous Enough 6. Uphill 7. Doing RC: How It Works 8. Breaking Faith, Breaking Free 9. A Great Small Organization 10. Undocumented 11. Three-Day 12. Essay Crunch 13. Santiago Milagro and the Four-Year Plan 14. Walking on Water 15. Reset 16. The Guy Inside 17. Rocks on Her Legs 18. Stars and Projects and Everyone Else 19. Going the Distance with Eduardo 20. The Guy Outside 21. Getting In 22. The Costs of Their Dreams 23. Reckonings 24. Scholarship Banquet 25. The Evolution of Reality Changers 26. Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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