Criminal of Poverty: Growing Up Homeless in America
"Challenges the reader to let go of clichés and catch phrases  about the poor and homeless . . . " --devorah major, author of "where river meets ocean" and "Brown  Glass Windows""If your heart is unmoved when you finish this memoir, then it's  made of stone." --Ayelet Waldman, author of "Love and Other Impossible Pursuits""Lays bare the devastating effects of inheriting a life of  poverty, as well the real redemption and power in finding your voice." --Michelle Tea, author of "Rose of No Man's Land" and "Valencia""She opens up an important window onto a reality looked upon by  many but truly seen by few . . . " --Piri Thomas, author of "Down These Mean Streets""We are not the same after reading this hellish tale of a young  girl's struggle to survive." --Yannick Murphy, author of "Here They Come"