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NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN SOME COUNTRIES.;Title proper from title frame.;Mode of access: World Wide Web.;Foreword; Author's Preface: Welcome to the Bangkok Slaughterhouse; Part One The Children; A Ride on the Wild Side of Mercy; Slipping Through the Cracks; Children's Day; Escape; The Horse Walker; AIDS-Another Word For Love; Children's Court; First Day of School; Bad Uncle; The Slum Girl and the Wedding; What Did Miss Noina See?; Slum Friendship; Part Two Struggles; Bridge to Nowhere; Poey's Fire; The Aftermath; Love at the Hua Lamphong Station; The Mom Factor; Slaughterhouse Legends and Codes; When the Pigs Move; Shootout in the Not-So-OK Corral; Part Three Heroes.;The Saga of Miss Teacher FroggySlaughterhouse at War; Fragile Strength for the New Year; Samlee's Triumph; Afterword About The Human Development Foundation.;Print version record.;Description based on print version record. For twenty-five years, Father Joe Maier, a Catholic priest, has lived and worked in Bangkok's bleakest slums, establishing more than thirty schools, five shelters for street kids, and several projects for women and children with AIDS, working with and against authority, earning enmity and praise in equal measure. In this book, he tells the heartbreaking and heartwarming stories of the poorest of Thailand's poor, each a gem guaranteed to bring anger, tears, and joy. 100% of all proceeds will be donated to the Human Development Fund in Bangkok, Thailand.