In The Beginning: Baby Girl

By: Elle Klass

Cleo's mother has vanished and with no family and no one to turn to she sets off on her own at age 12. Soon she meets a group of runaways like her and friendships form. Her life improves until the unthinkable happens.

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Book Description

Follow Cleo on her epic saga which begins when she abandoned by her mom at twelve. She has no other family which she is aware of, and in order to survive she leaves her home and lives on the streets. She meets interesting characters and gets into amusing predicaments all in the name of survival, such as jumping trains, being chased through the woods by a crazy man with a loaded shotgun and witnessing an unspeakable crime.

After a few months on the streets she runs into another group of kids, Einstein is the oldest and a leader in the group, and they form a family of sorts. For survival and money they lean towards a life a crime which inevitably breaks up their family and sends Cleo and Einstein spiraling into their own adventure. Eventually they settle into a "normal" life however their pasts can't be hushed forever …

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