Explores the problem of street kids in America, discussing some of the reasons why young people run away, the dangers of life on the streets, and efforts to combat the situation.
Magician Eric Banyon learns that he has a seventeen-year-old brother Magnus who has also run away from home and lives as a homeless person in Manhatten. Eric is determined to locate him. However he gets involved with the weird mythology created by other homeless kids who claim they are stalked by a demon, "Bloody Mary.".
Text and photographs tell the story of a homeless family that has been referred to the Henry Street Settlement Urban Family Center on New York City's Lower East Side.