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Can't Get There from Here

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By Todd Strasser
Publisher Simon Schuster Books For Young Readers - (Simon Schuster Books For Young Readers)
Can't Get There from Here
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Her street name is Maybe She lives with a tribe of homeless teens runaways and throwaways, kids who have no place to go other than the cold city streets, and no family except for one another. Abused, abandoned, and forgotten, they struggle against the cold, hunger, and constant danger. With the frigid winds of January comes a new girl Tears, a twelveyearold whose mother doesnt believe her stepfather abuses her. As the other kids start to disappear victims of violence, addiction, and exposure Maybe tries to help Tears get off the streets... if its not already too late. Todd Strasser, author of the powerful and disturbing Give a Boy a Gun, again focuses on an important social issue as he tells a thoughtprovoking, heartwrenching story of young lives lost to the streets, and of a society that has forgotten how to care.

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43877 words43,877 words
208 pages208 pages
Lexile 620LLexile 620L
Published 2004Published 2004

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Book ISBN:

9780689841699

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