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100 _a McGeady, Mary Rose
245 _a "God, Pease Save Me"
260 _aNew York
_bCovenant House
_c1998
300 _a 128 pages ; 18 cm
500 _a "I just want another chance," he said. -- "I'm not even sure where I was born," she said. -- "I've been on the street since I was 13." -- "I live below the city," he said. "In the tunnels." -- "They're cigarette burns," she said softly. "I got them from my mother." -- "It was do that or die," he told me. -- "I used to be from somewhere, but I'm not from anywhere anymore," she said. -- "I'm sure you can tell I'm pretty sick," he said. -- "He used to have this belt he used after he was done drinking at night," he said. -- "Thanks," was all she could say. And that said it all. -- "He said I was not welcome in his house anymore." -- "He just tried to kill me about two hours ago," she whispered. -- "My parents died when I was in the first grade," he told me. -- "Daddy, I kept dreaming you'd come and save me," she said. -- Epilogue.
650 _a Christian education of children. Runaway children -- Religious life -- United States. Street children -- Religious life -- United States.
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