The mother of an abused girl eventually reported the case to local police bureau on August 15, 2008.

Almost half the abused boys said they had not talked to anyone about it, compared with 29 percent of the abused girls.

An abused young girl, played by Eneida Hatch, runs away from home in search for a better life.

The novel is about an abused teenage girl who longs for fairies to take her away from her terrible life.

Beatrice began to feel that she was an abused girl.

"Push," she said, was called obscene by people who did not take time to read or understand the story, which is about an abused teenage girl.

The abused girls, the study found, were more likely to report serious problems like drug abuse, unhealthy weight control practices, risky sexual behavior, pregnancy and suicide attempts.

When Ellen Foster's parents die, the abused 11-year-old girl sets out to find a new family and a new life.

To Michael, she looked like an abused little girl.

Each year thousands of abused girls run away from home and sell their bodies in order to survive.