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David Chura

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David Chura has worked with at-risk teenagers for the past forty years. He has been a counselor in a community crisis center and in a psychiatric hospital, and a teacher in various alternative high school education programs. For ten years he taught high school kids locked up in a New York adult county prison. His creative nonfiction writing is often inspired by the people he's worked with and the need to tell their stories, to capture in words their lives and experiences. His writings have appeared in the New York Times,Mother Jones,Education Next,Youth Today as well as a variety of literary journals. He is a frequent contributor to Huffington Post and Beacon Broadside. He lives in Northampton, MA. ...more

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Average rating: 3.68 · 74 ratings · 15 reviews · 4 distinct works

	I Don't Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup 3.68 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Action Script 3.0 Advance Con CD Edicion 2010 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Don't Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine Publisher: Beacon Press 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars