runaway children

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Kafka on the shore

2005
Fifteen-year-old Kafka Tamura runs away from home to escape his father and find his long-lost sister and mother, drifting toward the parallel odyssey of an elderly Tokyo man named Nakata.

Junk

1999
The theater adaptation of Melvin Burgess's novel in which two fourteen-year-olds run away from home, fall in love, and experience the ravages of heroin addiction.

The wild kid

2000
Twelve-year-old Sammy, who is mildly retarded, runs away from home and becomes a prisoner of Kevin, a wild kid living in the woods.

Teen runaways

1997
Presents the stories of teenagers who have run away from home, the reasons why they did so, and possible solutions to the problem of runaways.

Dawn

portrait of a teenage runaway
1984
The story of a 15-year-old girl who leaves behind a broken family in search of excitement in the big city--and becomes a prostitute in the process.

Twain's The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

the manga edition
2009
A graphic novel adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel that depicts the adventures and misadventures of a young boy who attempts to help Jim, a runaway slave, find freedom in the North.

El se?or de los ladrones

2007
Orphaned brothers Prosper and Bo, having run away from their cruel aunt and uncle, decide to hide out in Venice where they fall in with the Thief Lord, a thirteen-year-old boy who leads a crime ring of street children.

City of strangers

a Jack Liffey mystery
2003
Private eye Jack Liffey is hired by an old college classmate to track down his rebellious runaway daughter, and in the course of his investigation, he finds himself involved with a cell of Arab Islamic terrorists.

Bruiser

2003
Bruiser, a nine-year-old boy in Manhattan in the late 1970s who is tired of listening to his parents' escalating battles, agrees to his friend Darla's suggestion that they run away, and embarks on an enlightening and heartbreaking journey.

Everything you need to know about living on your own

2000
Describes the realities teenagers must face if they run away from home and provides information about outreach and help for runaways.

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