Misplaced: New York City's Street Kids

By Alexia J. Lewnes

For more than four years, journalist Alexia Lewnes reported on the daily lives of five homeless young people in New York City, meeting them day and night on street corners and subways, in parks,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970260202
• ISBN13: 9780970260208
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Xenium Press
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.5" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Misplaced - An eye opening account

Misplaced is the most informative book I have read since David McCullough's biography of John Adams.This book should be read by anyone who wants to know what is really going on in today's world with homeless children.

A remarkable account of the lives of homeless children

Anyone who is raising children should read this book. It is a reminder of how critical it is to love our children and provide them with the support they need to grow as individuals. No one believes that their child will run away, but Ms. Lewnes reminds us that all our children could be at risk.Misplaced is a remarkable account of the lives of children who are living on the streets of New York. These homeless kids are invisible to most of society. They come from all economic backgrounds, but they all suffer from low self-esteem. And, these kids have all been abandoned in someway by the people who they loved and relied upon. While this book is a wake-up call for all parents, it is also a testament to the extraordinary resilience of those kids who are already on the streets. These kids survive daily acts of violence and humiliation as they struggle to maintain their dignity and hold onto their dream of making something of their lives. While some fail, others triumph in the end. Misplaced covers difficult issues yet leaves the reader inspired.

Eye Opening view of big city streets

As a transplanted New Yorker, I read this book about the troubled lives of kids living in the streets and was completly shocked about the things that were going on right in front of me. In day to day life we find ourselves closing ourselves off to those fending for themselves on the streets. If anything, we avoid them as much as possible. This book gives an penetrating look at what these kids "fringes of society" are truly having to deal with to survive. There seems to be no limit to what one will do to get through a day. This author appears to have spent several years living in their world and has given a raw look at what drives these kids into the streets and how society has dealt with it. If anyone would like a eye opening look at these kids lives in the streets read this book! You will embrace these kids as you see what hurdles are placed in front of them and how they struggle to get over them. I know that I will never look at a street kid the same way again. This book will open your eyes!

The Tragic Neglect of our Homeless Children

Misplaced is an extraordinary new book that I could not recommend more highly. Ms. Lewnes spent over four years following several kids who lived on the streets of New York City. She slept next to them on street corners and became very involved in many aspects of their lives. The reality of street life for these children, which no doubt included drugs, prostitution and the constant threat of physical harm, is reported by Ms. Lewnes with great care and compassion. The book is a startling account of the manner in which we as a society have failed to establish any workable system to deal with the issue of homeless children. The number of such children continues to grow across the country and anyone who reads this book will come away with a new appreciation of the enormity of the issue and the profound hopelessness faced by the kids on our streets. This timely work will be of great interest to a wide range of readers, including casusal followers of social trends in America as well as academics and politicians. Misplaced is a tremendous achievement for Ms. Lewnes and I hope to read more of her work in the future. This extrememly well written book is guaranteed to open your eyes as well as touch your heart.