num_pages: 272
description: You see them on the street corner. Disappearing into the shadows. Spread-eagled against a squad car or hiding their faces on their way to arraignment. They are children deprived of a childhood. Boys and girls who never cuddled on a loving mother's lap or went fishing with a father.Eventually, they end up dead or in prison. The lucky ones arrive at Camden County Youth Center, a national model for youthful offenders. They are confronted by a director who learned lessons of faith in God, self-respect, and discipline as a child in a Japanese concentration camp. They meet youth workers tough enough to handle them, wise enough to teach them, and tender enough to care. And they learn ... about a different way of living. About their own value and the value of others. About what it's like to be loved.Hungry Ghosts is the story of how Mary Taylor Previte turned a "snakepit" into one of the most outstanding programs in the nation for juvenile corrections. This beautifully written narrative offers a glimpse into the world of teenage criminals through the eyes of someone who believes that God's love still reaches the hearts of the unlovely.
language: English
title: Hungry Ghosts: One Woman's Mission to Change Their World
titlecomplete: Hungry Ghosts: One Woman's Mission to Change Their World
ratings_count: 11
publisher: Zondervan