Lillian Ambrosino, Runaways. Boston: Beacon Press, 1971. A useful though dated resource that describes the typical runaway and provides information regarding how runaways survive on the streets, cope with health problems, and deal with loneliness. One chapter offers advice to children and their parents. Black-and-white photographs are included.

Jeffrey Artenstein, Runaways: In Their Own Words. New York: RGA, 1990. In 1988 the author interviewed several young runaways while volunteering at the Los Angeles Youth Network. In this volume, he allows some of these runaways to speak for themselves, providing their true and often harrowing stories about life on the streets. He begins each chapter with a description of the runaway who is offering his or her story.

Deborah Bass, Helping Vulnerable Youths: Runaway & Homeless Adolescents in the United States. Washington, DC: NASW Press, 1992. With social workers in mind, Bass outlines information about runaways, including the characteristics and needs of vulnerable youth...