Cross-X

Kansas City's Central High School is just another low budget high school in the heart of a major American city. Ninety-nine percent of the students are minorities; only one in three graduates; and by all measures, the school is failing. But there is one thing unique about Central High School, one thing that makes it one of the most important schools in the country. In this riveting book, Joe Miller takes a look at the debate team of Central High and shows how they've overcome governmental red tape and racism to achieve something that the country's educational policy makers have been trying to accomplish for decades: unity.