Book request: In this story the three main characters live on the streets. There is a boy and two girls in their group an they pretty much do whatever they can to have enough cash to feed themselves. The youngest girl had just recently run away from home to get away from her abusive stepfather. One day while she's spray painting someone sees her and invites her to this art center for street kids which she starts attending. Soon enough the other two are going as well. One day to raise funds for the center they draw a giant replica of some famous art piece on the street in chalk and then just take donations. The three main characters do this again to start raising money to get an apartment together.(view spoiler)[While she's at the center she starts a painting of her and her sister and when she finishes the background she realizes that the darkness behind her in the painting looks like it's reaching out towards her sister. She realizes she needs to go back home or tell her mother to protect her sister.there's more I remember, but if anyone can guess from what I've already written then I don't want to just flood this with random bits of scenes. (hide spoiler)]

Matching book description: Dana met Brent and Ashley when she first arrived in town, a scared runaway with nowhere to go. The three of them are like family: they take care of each other; they share the money they beg, borrow, and steal; and they protect each other from the more ruthless street people they come upon. Still, life is lived day-to-day. It’s hard to think about tomorrow when you’ve got n Dana met Brent and Ashley when she first arrived in town, a scared runaway with nowhere to go. The three of them are like family: they take care of each other; they share the money they beg, borrow, and steal; and they protect each other from the more ruthless street people they come upon. Still, life is lived day-to-day. It’s hard to think about tomorrow when you’ve got no money, no food, and no place to live. And as for the past … well, that’s what they ran away from. It’s what all of them—and especially Dana—are trying hard to forget.Eric Walters’s new novel is a gritty, gripping tale of street kids, an unblinking portrait of what it means to live on the streets and, more importantly, what it takes to find the way off. ...more