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Copyright © Carissa Phelps, 2012
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Photograph: Carissa, age six, outside the home of a family friend, ca. 1982. By permission of Tim Macleod.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Phelps, Carissa.
Runaway girl : escaping life on the streets, one helping hand at a time / Carissa Phelps with Larkin Warren.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 978-1-101-58370-8
1. Phelps, Carissa. 2. Runaway children—California—Biography. 3. Sexually abused children—California—Biography. 4. Prostitution—California. I. Warren, Larkin. II. Title.
HV883.C2P49 2012
362.74—dc23
[B]
2011038441
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