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Also God's Children?: Encounters with Street Kids

By (author) Heather Parker Lewis

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First published over 20 years ago, Also God's Children? has been updated numerous times and has received various national and international reviews. The book includes humorous sketches by the author, over 20 black and white photos and the new edition includes 3 colour plates. With its easy-to-read style and engaing format, the book provides insight for anyone who wishes to understand the problems particular to children who leave home to care for themselves on the street. It introduces the problems through the life-stories of the boys the author assisted when running a shelter for street youth in Claremont, Cape Town. Topics in the book include: Families; Personality traits; Sexuality; Drugs; Juvenile justice and crime; Health and mental illness; Assessment and communication. The new 2020 edition also includes an epilogue that describes what happened to the boys discussed in the book. The final pages Where are they now? and From Boys to Men/2020 tie up the loose ends with information.