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	<title>Dawn Schiller</title>
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		<title>Many, many good things &#8212; and I&#8217;m back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone.
I&#8217;m back!!!   Well, I really never left. Only had one of the busiest years of my life.  And it keeps on coming. To give you an idea, I just finished sorting over 4,000 emails and have put together a  breakdown of all the events (presentations, book readings, lectures, interviews for radio, meetings with survivors, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2011/03/26/many-many-good-things-and-im-back/</link>
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		<title>Empowering Successful Teens through Education, Awareness &amp; Mentoring (E.S.T.E.A.M.) Appeal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To all of you who have read my book, believe in me and have encouraged me on this long journey, THANK YOU! 

It is my hope to continue to use my voice to help prevent teens from experiencing similar horrors to mine. As with any cause, 
it needs financial support. For a one-time donation or a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2010/11/26/empowering-successful-teens-through-education-awareness-mentoring-appeal/</link>
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		<title>Voices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to share one of the poems mailed to me by Pat Green from Chicago who started a group called Y.A.S.O.  (Young Adults Speak Out).  This poem was one of many poems and letters written from teens who are trying their best to figure out life.  These kids have a voice!
Why?
Empty, broken-hearted and alone. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2010/10/10/voices/</link>
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		<title>Turning Twelve, A New Awareness, and A Documentary on Throwaway Teens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On July 22nd this year, I marked my twelfth year clean and sober. Not a small feat considering my drug infused past, and I am beyond grateful that I have made it this far.  I have so many blessings in my life today. Blessings I never, in my wildest dreams, believed would be realities for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2010/07/24/turning-twelve-a-new-awareness-and-a-documentary-on-throwaway-teens/</link>
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		<title>An old song that said it all&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I watched the movie &#8220;Harold and Maude&#8221; with John in the seventies.  My world was turning upside down. While this song played in the  film, I was drawn to stare at John.  He squirmed uncomfortably in his
green vinyl chair, knowing my soul was begging him to stop.
Here is  Eddie Vedder from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2010/07/10/an-old-song-that-said-it-all/</link>
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		<title>Speechless&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[



I want to share some amazing reviews that have come in.  Sometimes, a person is just not prepared.
“When I got an advance copy of The Road Through Wonderland, I thought I already knew the story. I picked it up casually, and then l could not put it down. I was up till 3 a.m. reading [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2010/05/08/speechless/</link>
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		<title>Throwaway Teens Highly Vulnerable to Pimps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When children, teens in particular, are tossed aside by their guardians they are extremely vulnerable to the lecherous side of society.  One of the more devious class are the pimps. Men that groom and work these young kids, who are often homeless, into sexually exploitative situations first befriend them and gain their trust. They buy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2010/02/22/throwaway-teens-highly-vulnerable-to-pimps/</link>
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		<title>The Tragic Consequences of Throwaway Teens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an April 28, 2009 article in the San Francisco Weekly.com is the story of three teenage girls, Felicia, Jillian and Kim.  Besides being young teenagers, they had a couple more things in common&#8211;they were all three throwaways&#8211;and they were being tried for murder.
In the article titled, Pretty Bad Girls, it states, &#8220;All had come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2010/01/25/the-tragic-consequences-of-throwaway-teens/</link>
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		<title>The Road Through Wonderland&#8217;s First Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I received my first review on my unedited manuscript from New York Times bestselling author, Lois Gresh.  For me, to write is an art, and many times the art was my only source of light in the darkness of writing  my story.
Thank you Lois,
Dawn
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The Road through Wonderland is a gripping and beautifully written memoir [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2009/10/31/the-road-through-wonderlands-first-review/</link>
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		<title>Medallion Press Launches Website for &#8220;The Road Through Wonderland&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medallion press launched a new website for my book, The Road Through Wonderland.  The address is www.theroadthroughwonderland.com.
Check it out! There is still much more to be added as we go along, including linking this web blog to the site.  So come back whenever you can to find out about additional speaking engagements, etc.
I&#8217;d love to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dawn-schiller.com/2009/10/06/medallion-press-launches-website-for-the-road-through-wonderland/</link>
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