Download or read book Stronger by the Day written by Raymond E. Lumsden and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book tells the extraordinary story of the author's day-to-day survival at St. Cloud, a Minnesota adult maximum-security prison, at the age of 16. Ray also recounts what it was like growing up an abandoned and abused child left to live on the streets with his brother. The book offers hope, and clearly illustrates the determination of the human spirit to survive despite overwhelming adversity. This is an important book because it explores the issues of child abuse, the incarceration of juvenile offenders with adults, and how it not only impacts the life of a child, but society as a whole. It reflects the struggle and survival of growing up the victim of sexual, physical and emotional abuse as a child.