The Run Downs

<p>Being called a Run Down means you're street trash. You get kicked on spit at and cut deep. You walk the sharp end of a blade and your only friend is fear and hunger. </p><p>Meet Grease Holes and the Kid. Three Run Downs trapped in a roach infested trailer park who decide to make a run for it. Running isn't easy when you live on the sharp end of a blade. The three friends manage to jump a train hauling cars and take off for Phoenix from Michigan. Along the way two runaway girls jump the train. </p><p>Five lost hearts form a bond and vow to take care of each other. </p><p>But the blade is sharp and unforgiving. Being a Run Down is for life. The stench of the streets the fear of hunger the pain of the blade is a constant enemy. When the Run Downs meet a kind pastor and his wife mercy steps in. At least it seems that way. The sharp end of the blade turns up and cuts deep.</p><p>Will the Run Downs find hope or end up being cut too deep to live to see a new day?</p>