 Asphalt
Angels
by Ineke Holtwijk,
Wanda Boeke (Translator), Aneke Holtwijk.
A raw, poignant
story of a band of Brazilian street kids who survive -- if they
can -- by their wits alone. Asphalt Angels centers around a boy
named Alex, a street child of 13 in Brazil who has been kicked
onto the city streets by his stepfather after his mother dies.
He is alone and scared. This is the story of how he adapts to
life in the streets with a group of other children. Hazards are
everywhere: drug-dealing, theft, glue-sniffing, harassment,
brutality, even murder. It is not easy steering clear of them,
yet Alex manages to survive, eventually making a home with 14
other boys in a house, working in an office, and attending
evening school. This story grew from the real-life drama the
author observed while on assignment. In an after word, she
reports that some 10,000 children sleep in Rio's streets, and
many more roam them by day, victims of inadequate nutrition,
education, and shelter, and prey to drugs and violence. Alex
does exist, but under another name.
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