You carried her all the way back to the monastery.’ The learning point is simple: When it comes to our flawed past, leave it at the stream. They have no one left but one another. You got to turn yourself around and go on through town and past the creek to the next intersection and… No, that ant right, neither. What frightened me the most was the amount of tragedy. They all are not friends but just other street kids who stick together so they do not die or make a bad decision. They are abused, abandoned, and forgotten by society, every day they struggle to survive against the cold, hunger, and constant danger. Unfortunately almost all of the characters have a sad ending: "They were gone. In Can't Get There From Here, Strasser tells the tale of a homeless girl named Maybe who lives in New York City. For me, he was the most convincing and believable as I am sure there are people out there who are kind and willing to give of themselves to help others. A boy had his parents show up out of no where and beg him to get in the car and come home with them. I am saying that it is good that there are people out there who care enough to help. So overall there was not a boring part in this book. Police officers come to retrieve the body; one of them, a woman named Ryan, is new and seems kind. So when I finished this book at 12:30 in the morning, I knew it was going to haunt my dreams. Youth homelessness remains a tragic and difficult societal reality, a problem to which there are no easy answers. Maybe loses all of her "family" mostly to death but there is one of her friends who finds her. Can't get anywhere from here was a great book! Much of the book was comprised of "I'm hungry and cold because I don't have food and it's cold". You can’t get there from here This application contains sensitive information and can only be accessed from: ____ domain joined devices. I thought this book was great! Some as young as 12 who sell themselves to eat, buy drugs, and have something that resembles a bit of normalcy. She doesn't complain about her life, its just her life. The character's or Rainbow and 2Moro were never really developed, so it was not terribly sad to lose them. It changed my view on homeless people. But now there is a new girl, Tears, a 12 year old whose mother didn’t believe she had been abused by her stepfather. She doesn't complain about her life, its just her life. And in my experience, people only change their ways when what they truly value is threatened.”, “An old Buddhist parable illustrates the challenge—and the value—of letting go of the past. She was kicked out of her house by an abusive mother that only wanted her if she could provide drugs or alcohol. So when I finished this book at 12:30 in the morning, I knew it was going to haunt my dreams. The story was a little repetitive giving a play by play of events in the live of homeless kids and then the ending just all worked out for everyone but the main character and we really don't know what happens to her. First it had real life experiences in it and I could really relate to if that was me. Maine, they thought of Maine, then. It's because I see companies and people defending dying business models because they are still profitable. Their lives on the streets really eats at you, you want them to get out and live, but instead they are dying one by one.... Let's hope teens get this message and don't run away from their problems. One to many people die and since it is about homeless kids, it is a little disturbing. Start by marking “Can't Get There from Here” as Want to Read: Error rating book. I can read it over and over and it will not get old. Mid 2000s YA about runaway girl befriending local homeless teens. You have to be a new company you have to be a new rules company. Oh, and by the way: every company today is a media company to some degree. It's a very powerful technology, more powerful than the PC. A man drives by, eyeing 2Moro, who goes with him. Living on the street with six other homeless teens it not a good way to grow up.