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• The legal status of runaway children : final report (Educational Systems Corp., 1975), by Herbert Wilton Beaser and United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Missing Children's Act hearings before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, on H.R. 3781 ... November 18 and 30, 1981. (U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oversight hearing on the Missing Children's Assistance Act hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, hearing held in Washington, DC, on August 4, 1986. (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Missing and exploited children : the challenge continues (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1988), by Advisory Board on Missing Children (U.S.), United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and United States. Office of Justice Programs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Missing, abducted, runaway, and thrownaway children in America : first report: numbers and characteristics national incidence studies : executive summary (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1990), by David Finkelhor, Andrea Sedlak, Gerald T. Hotaling, and United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exploited and missing children : hearing before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, on S. 1701 ... April 1, 1982. (U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oversight hearing on the Missing Children's Assistance Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, hearing held in Washington, DC, on August 4, 1986. (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Private sector initiatives regarding missing children : hearing before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, on the issue of missing children: runaways, parental abduction, and kidnapping, and the responses of the private sector to this problem, May 22, 1985. (U.S. G.P.O., 1986), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Addressing confidentiality or records in searches for missing children : final report. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1995), by United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, National Association of Social Workers, and ABA Center on Children and the Law (page images at HathiTrust)
• America's missing & exploited children : their safety and their future : report and recommendations (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1986), by United States. Dept. of Justice. Advisory Board on Missing Children and United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (page images at HathiTrust)
• Missing, abducted, runaway, and thrownaway children in America : first report : numbers and characteristics, national incidence studies (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1990), by Andrea Sendlak, Gerald T. Hotaling, David Finkelhor, and United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (page images at HathiTrust)
• Juvenile Justice, Runaway Youth, and Missing Children's Act Amendments of 1984 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on H.R. 4971 ... hearing held in Washington, DC, March 7, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)

• Runaway youth : an annotated bibliography and literature overview (Offica [i.e. Office] of Social Services and Human Development, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation, Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1975), by Deborah Klein Walker and Education United States. Department of Health (page images at HathiTrust)

• 2nd comprehensive study of missing children (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000), by Louise Hanson and United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (page images at HathiTrust)

• Directory for law enforcement and other public and private agencies (Federal Agency Task Force for Missing and Exploited Children, 1996), by National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (U.S.), United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Fox Valley Technical College, and United States. Federal Agency Task Force for Missing and Exploited Children (page images at HathiTrust)
• Directory for law enforcement and other public and private agencies (Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2007), by United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and United States. Federal Agency Task Force for Missing and Exploited Children (page images at HathiTrust)
• Directory for law enforcement and other public and private agencies (Federal Agency Task Force for Missing and Exploited Children, 2007), by United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and United States. Federal Agency Task Force for Missing and Exploited Children (page images at HathiTrust)

• Thrownaway children : national estimates and characteristics (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2002), by Heather Hammer, Andrea Sedlak, David Finkelhor, and United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (page images at HathiTrust)

• Missing and exploited children : hearing before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, on S. 1174 ... Lexington, KY, August 21, 1985. (U.S. G.P.O., 1986), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice (page images at HathiTrust)

• To authorize federal assistance for the establishment and expansion of state missing children clearinghouses hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, hearing held in Washington, DC, September 11, 1986. (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• To authorize federal assistance for the establishment and expansion of state missing children clearinghouses : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, hearing held in Washington, DC, September 11, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)

• Exploited and missing children : hearing before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, on S. 1701 ... April 1, 1982. (U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Juvenile Justice, Runaway Youth, and Missing Children's Act Amendments of 1984 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session on H.R. 4971 ... hearing held in Washington, DC, March 7, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Title IV, Missing Children's Assistance Act hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on H.R. 4971 ... hearing held in Chicago, IL, on April 9, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O., 1985), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Runaway, Homeless, and Missing Children Protection Act : report together with additional views (to accompany H.R. 1925) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 2003), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Title IV, Missing Children's Assistance Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on H.R. 4971 ... hearing held in Chicago, IL, on April 9, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O., 1985), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• The legal status of runaway children : final report, April, 1975 (U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Human Development, Office of Youth Development, 1977), by Herbert Wilton Beaser and United States. Office of Youth Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• Missing and exploited children : hearing before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, on S. 1174 ... Lexington, KY, August 21, 1985. (U.S. G.P.O., 1986), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Missing Children's Act : hearings before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, on H.R. 3781 ... November 18 and 30, 1981. (U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights (page images at HathiTrust)

• Missing, exploited and runaway youth : strengthening the system : hearing before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, April 29, 2003. (U.S. G.P.O.] :, 2003), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Perspectives on helping the nation's vulnerable youth (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities (page images at HathiTrust)
• Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children Protection Act : report (to accompany H.R. 905) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 1999), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Runaway youth : an annotated bibliography and literature overview (Offica [i.e. Office] of Social Services and Human Development, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation, Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1975), by Deborah Klein Walker and Education United States. Department of Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Toby Tyler (Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923), by James Otis, W. A. Rogers, and Harper & Brothers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Addressing confidentiality or records in searches for missing children : final report. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1995), by United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, National Association of Social Workers, and ABA Center on Children and the Law (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tom Sawyer (Harper & Bros., 1903), by Mark Twain and Harper & Brothers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Missing, abducted, runaway, and thrownaway children in America : first report : numbers and characteristics, national incidence studies (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1990), by Andrea Sendlak, Gerald T. Hotaling, David Finkelhor, and United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain (multiple editions)
• Mad Maudlin (included on a Baen CD image), by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill
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• Strike for freedom (Crosby, Nichols, 1858), by Louisa C. Tuthill (page images at HathiTrust)
• The adventures of Tom Sawyer. (American Pub. Co., 1898), by Mark Twain (page images at HathiTrust)
• Huckleberry Finn kalandjai (in Hungarian), by Mark Twain, trans. by Jenő Rákosi, illust. by Tibor Pólya (Gutenberg ebook)
• Abenteuer und Fahrten des Huckleberry Finn (in German), by Mark Twain, illust. by H. Schrödter (Gutenberg ebook)
• Tom Sawyers Abenteuer und Streiche (in German), by Mark Twain, illust. by H. Schrödter (Gutenberg ebook)
• Earthbound, by Henry Guth, illust. by Rafael Jerard Norman Astarita (Gutenberg ebook)
• Huckleberry Finnin (Tom Sawyerin toverin) seikkailut (in Finnish), by Mark Twain, trans. by Tyko Hagman (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Story of Antony Grace, by George Manville Fenn, illust. by Gordon Browne (Gutenberg ebook)
• The adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade) (New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1891), by Mark Twain, illust. by E. W. Kemble (page images at Florida)

• Directory for law enforcement and other public and private agencies (Federal Agency Task Force for Missing and Exploited Children, 2007), by United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and United States. Federal Agency Task Force for Missing and Exploited Children (page images at HathiTrust)

• John of the Woods (based on the 1909 edition, with illustrations omitted), by Abbie Farwell Brown (Gutenberg text)
• Under the Lilacs, by Louisa May Alcott (Gutenberg text)
• Ben, the Luggage Boy: or, Among the Wharves, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach: or, In Quest of the Runaways (1911), by Margaret Penrose (Gutenberg text)
• Pyxie: A Little Boy of the Pines (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1932), by Ethel Calvert Phillips, illust. by Maginel Wright Barney (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Flight of Pony Baker: A Boy's Town Story (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1902), by William Dean Howells (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• Toby Tyler (Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923), by James Otis, W. A. Rogers, and Harper & Brothers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Robinson Crusoe, Jr. : a story for little folks (Lee and Shepard, 1866), by Oliver Optic, Daniel Defoe, and John Andrew (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shamrock and thistle : or, Young America in Ireland and Scotland. A story of travel and adventure (Lee and Shepard, 1895), by Oliver Optic (page images at HathiTrust)
• Toby Tyler : or, Ten weeks with a Circus (Harper & Brothers, 1909), by James Otis, W. A. Rogers, and Harper & Brothers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Now or never : or, The adventures of Bobby Bright, a story for young folks (Brown, Bazin, 1857), by Oliver Optic (page images at HathiTrust)
• The rod and gun club (Porter & Coates, 1883), by Harry Castlemon and Porter & Coates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lucky piece. (Macmillan, 1942), by Barbara Frances Fleury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Little Burma (Morrow, 1958), by Robert M. McClung and Hord Stubblefield (page images at HathiTrust)
• Robinson Crusoe, jr : a story for little folks (Lee and Shepard, 1863), by Oliver Optic (page images at HathiTrust)
• Angelo (Griffith and Farran, 1864), by Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury and John Absolon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellen Linn : a Franconia story (Harper & Brothers, 1852), by Jacob Abbott, Harper & Brothers, and Lossing & Barritt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventures of Rodney Roverton. (New England Sabbath School Union, 1852), by New England Sabbath School Union (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tom Sawyer (Harper & Bros., 1903), by Mark Twain and Harper & Brothers (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Timothy's quest; a story for anybody, young or old, who cares to read it (Grosset & Dunlap, 1922), by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, American Releasing Corporation (1920-1928), Inc Dirigo Films, and Grosset & Dunlap (page images at HathiTrust)
• Twinkletails and the Twitchets (J. B. Lippincott company, 1917), by Vera Nyce and Helene Nyce (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Great bonanza : illustrated narrative of adventure and discovery in gold mining, silver mining, among the raftsmen, in the oil regions, whaling, hunting, fishing and fighting (Lee & Shepard, 1876), by H. L. Stephens, William Ludwell Sheppard, Frank T. Merrill, Lizbeth Bullock Humphrey, Yigilan, William Luson Thomas, Rogers, E. Potts, Kinnersley, Samuel Smith Kilburn, Johnson, W. How, George T. Andrew, John Andrew, P. G., M., F. M. W., George M. Towle, Frank H. Taylor, Old Salt, Charles A. Hoyt, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Charles Winslow Hall, Edward Dusseault, W. P. Duncan, Justin Dale, Mary Granger Chase, Samuel Burnham, C. E. Bishop, George M. Baker, J. H. W., R. M. Ballantyne, Oliver Optic, Mass.) University Press (Cambridge, Bigelow & Co Welch, Shepard & Dillingham Lee, and Lee and Shepard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tom Newcombe. (R.W. Carroll & Co., 1869), by Harry Castlemon and R.W. Carroll & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Carlota of the rancho, by Evelyn Raymond, illust. by Sarah A. Shreve (Gutenberg ebook)
• Robinson Crusoe, Jr. : A story for little folks, by Oliver Optic (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Manor School, by L. T. Meade (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Rod and Gun Club, by Harry Castlemon (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Travels and Extraordinary Adventures of Bob the Squirrel (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Wonderful Garden; or, The Three Cs, by E. Nesbit, illust. by H. R. Millar (Gutenberg ebook)
• Two Little Pilgrims' Progress: A Story of the City Beautiful, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illust. by Reginald Bathurst Birch (Gutenberg ebook)
• Snow-White; or, The House in the Wood, by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (Gutenberg ebook)
• Bernard Brooks' Adventures: The Experience of a Plucky Boy, by Horatio Alger, illust. by J. Watson Davis (Gutenberg ebook)
• Weggeloopen! (in Dutch), by James Buckland and Louis Desnoyers, trans. by Mevr Donath-van der Scheer, illust. by Cecil Aldin (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies: How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended, by Grace Brooks Hill, illust. by Thelma Gooch (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Little Clown, by Thomas Cobb (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Runaway: Or, The Adventures of Rodney Roverton (Gutenberg ebook)
• Willie the Waif, by Minie Herbert (Gutenberg ebook)
• Cape Town Dicky, or, Colonel Jack's boy (London: Hildesheimer & Faulkner, 1888), by Theo Gift, illust. by Alice Havers and Ernest Wilson (page images at Florida)
• Angelo, or, The pine forest in the Alps (London: Grant and Griffith, 1856), by Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury, John Absolon, John Leighton, James Burn & Company, Grant and Griffith, and Wertheimer and Co (page images at Florida)
• The Runaways and the gipsies (London, New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1874) (page images at Florida)
• Jessica's first prayer (Boston: Henry Hoyt, c1876), by Hesba Stretton (page images at Florida)
• Jessica's first prayer (London: Religious Tract Society, c1889), by Hesba Stretton, illust. by Walter Jenks Morgan (page images at Florida)
• Little curiosity (London, Glasgow, Edinburgh: Blackie & Son, c1884), by J. M. Callwell (page images at Florida)
• Josey the runaway, or, Beware of bad company (London: Religious Tract Society, c1871) (page images at Florida)
• The Queen's oak (London: Religious Tract Society, c1894), by Lucy Byerley (page images at Florida)
• The Mystery of Hoyle's mouth, or, The adventures of two runaway boys (London: Sunday School Union, c1898), by Mary E Ropes, James Ayton Symington, and Morrison and Gibb (page images at Florida)
• The sisters, or, 'Tis best to think before we act (London: Dean & Son, 1880), by Anne Maria Sargeant (page images at Florida)
• The adventures of two children (London: Hildesheimer and Faulkner, n.d.), by Frederic Edward Weatherly, illust. by Mary Ellen Edwards and John C Staples (page images at Florida)
• Two little pilgrims' progress (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895), by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illust. by Reginald Bathurst Birch (page images at Florida)
• Two little pilgrims' progress (London: Frederick Warne and Co., Bedford Street, Strand, n.d.), by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illust. by Robert W Macbeth (page images at Florida)
• Squirrel, or, Back from the far country (London: Religious Tract Society, 1896), by Florence E Burch (page images at Florida)
• Out of Cabbage Court (London: Religious Tract Society, 1897), by Mary E Ropes (page images at Florida)
• The little runaways (London: Sunday School Union, 1899), by M. Harriet M Capes, illust. by John Gülich (page images at Florida)
• Two little runaways (London et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898), by James Buckland and Louis Desnoyers, illust. by Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (page images at Florida)

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