A journey with the author into the streets and alleys of the United States where runaway teens choose to go will disturb and inform readers about this all-too-real epidemic. The "adventurous and dream-filled" paths of these young people turn into dangerous situations--some, even into untimely deaths, about which their families never know. The author ignites a unique flame about this familiar topic by including the individual voices of runaways who tell their own situations, good, bad or indifferent. This 64-paged book, one in sixteen of the "Hot Issues" series, is just that--an issue book, one that alarms, warns and spins a sad scenario about this nationwide complex, perplexing crisis. Although the problem has been impossible to resolve, the topic is surrounded by peoples' names, organizations, companies and businesses that provide help. Also, hope rises from within this societal corpse in the miracle stories of the runaways who finally reach out for help from one or more of our nation's many safe places., Children's Literature.