Summary
Quentin Joe, an 11-year-old Navajo boy, lives with his mom and four siblings in a one room dwelling in Chinle, Arizona, with no running water and few amenities - not even a TV set. He has never seen "American Idol," but this week, more than 30 million Idol viewers will meet Quentin on prime-time Fox television.
While Quentin lacks many material things, he shares a quality with all "Idol" contestants: guts. When his family's trailer home caught fire in January, Quentin ran into the burning trailer, not once, but twice, to find and save his baby sister. When asked why he did it, Quentin explains, "She's family."See the full content of this document
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Can 'American Idol' Do More Than Entertain?
As "Idol" viewers will discover this week, Quentin's courage is matched with a strong sense of responsibility, commonplace among youngsters forced ...
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