Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets

by Carissa Phelps

Book Overview

"Riveting . . . A genuinely important book that casts the problem of sex trafficking in America into stunning, heartbreaking relief." ( Kirkus Reviews ) A School Library Journal Best Adult Book for Teens A Joan F. Kaywell Award Finalist from the Florida Council of Teachers of English Carissa Phelps was a runner. By the time she was twelve, she had run away from home, dropped out of school, and fled blindly into the arms of a brutal pimp. Even when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143123335
• ISBN13: 9780143123330
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher