The doorstep child

"From a tender age little Evie spent her early years left outside on the step. With a drunk for a father and a neglectful mother, all little Evie has ever craved is a safe home and a normal existence. Her young eyes had seen so much but this never tainted her spirit. If it wasn't for her best friend Gary, she might never have made it to her sixteenth birthday. She meets Ken, a sweet brown-eyed boy, not much older than she is. Perhaps her fortunes...