Introduction --
"If they find me, they'll kill me" --
"I got no place to go" --
"I'm glad the pimps don't like us ..." --
"'We all live in a box, ' he said" --
"'How long have you been living in this car?' I asked. 'Nine months, ' he said" --
"God, I can't believe they did this to me!" --
"She said those other kids were worth more than me" --
"I can't do this for my mother anymore" --
"'I ain't got no one, ' she said" --
"My boyfriend beats me up sometimes if I don't do what he tells me" --
"'I'm a little short of cash today, ' he told me" --
"Every time they got drunk I got beaten ..." --
"I really would rather rot out here than go back to them" --
"I want to go back where I belong" --
"'I'm going to be a nurse, ' she declared. 'I'm going to make it.' I'm sure she is" --
"I made this promise to God ..." --
Epilogue --
A call to faith --
Dear Covenant House ... --
Where do we go from here? --
Family survival guide.