Street Child:
From the Award Winning Author Justin Reed Early
A Memoir
Street Child is the shock-inspiring story of a young boy who escapes his increasingly dysfunctional and violent middle class home. Remanded into state custody at ten years old, he embarks on a journey through the foster care system only finding safety from unlikely skid-row heroes on downtown streets of Seattle and San Francisco - where children are victims and victims are considered criminals.
In the 1980's, the number of child runaways on the streets of Seattle was at epidemic proportions. Street Child is a powerful and intimate depiction into these homeless children’s actual lives during their most desperate times of survival.
Author Justin Reed Early cultivates hope while bringing new life to his childhood friends. The children portrayed are real and these stories are authentic.
Street Child is a journey no child should ever have to endure.
CONTACT
justin@justinreedearly.com
@justinreedearly
Justin Reed Early
The author of STREET CHILD: A Memoir and a public speaker who faced homelessness for much of his adolescent and teenage years.
Justin Reed Early spent much of his childhood in Group Homes, Foster Care and on the streets as a 'Homeless Youth'.
Born in Bellingham, WA and ‘raised’ in Seattle, Justin was a young adult when he was presented an opportunity to change – and was given some tools required to succeed. He continues to advocate solutions for homeless and disadvantaged youth (and adults) and donates his book to various disadvantaged youth and the Programs that serve them.
Justin currently splits his time between Los Angeles and New York City.
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