Runaway - Softcover

Van Draanen, Wendelin

4.11

4,573 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440421098 ISBN 13: 9780440421092

Publisher: Laurel Leaf, 2008

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"It's a cold, hard, cruel fact that my mother loved heroin more than she loved me."

Holly is in her fifth foster home in two years and she's had enough. She's run away before and always been caught quickly. But she's older and wiser now--she's twelve--and this time she gets away clean.

Through tough and tender and angry and funny journal entries, Holly spills out her story. We travel with her across the country--hopping trains, scamming food, sleeping in parks or homeless encampments. And we also travel with her across the gaping holes in her heart--as she finally comes to terms with her mother's addiction and death.

Runaway is a remarkably uplifting portrait of a girl still young and stubborn and naive enough to hold out hope for finding a better place in the world, and within herself, to be.
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Review:

"Readers will be drawn to the gripping details of both physical and emotional landmines hidden in the ordinariness of everyday life. This is a great book to hand-sell or booktalk to young teens. . . . Van Draanen has shown great versatility in adding another dimension to her already respected body of work."-School Library Journal

"Readers will be drawn to Holly as she shifts between her search for a safe place to live, her anger at the foster care system and her reflections on the circumstances that led up to her mother's overdose."-Publishers Weekly
"From the Paperback edition."

Readers will be drawn to the gripping details of both physical and emotional landmines hidden in the ordinariness of everyday life. This is a great book to hand-sell or booktalk to young teens. . . . Van Draanen has shown great versatility in adding another dimension to her already respected body of work. School Library Journal
Readers will be drawn to Holly as she shifts between her search for a safe place to live, her anger at the foster care system and her reflections on the circumstances that led up to her mother s overdose. Publishers Weekly

"From the Paperback edition.""

Will grab readers from the first entry. "Kirkus Reviews"
Holly's lively self lingers in the way the best characters do. "Runaway" is certainly one of the best young adult books of the year. "The Sacramento Bee"
This is a great book [for] young teens . . . Van Draanen has shown great versatility in adding another dimension to her already respected body of work. "School Library Journal"
The ending of this taut, powerful story seems possible and deeply hopeful. "Booklist"
Readers will be drawn to Holly as she shifts between her search for a safe place to live, her anger at the foster care system and her reflections on the circumstances that led up to her mother's overdose. "Publishers Weekly"

"From the Paperback edition.""

Will grab readers from the first entry. Kirkus Reviews
Holly's lively self lingers in the way the best characters do. Runaway is certainly one of the best young adult books of the year. The Sacramento Bee
This is a great book [for] young teens . . . Van Draanen has shown great versatility in adding another dimension to her already respected body of work. School Library Journal
The ending of this taut, powerful story seems possible and deeply hopeful. Booklist
Readers will be drawn to Holly as she shifts between her search for a safe place to live, her anger at the foster care system and her reflections on the circumstances that led up to her mother's overdose. Publishers Weekly

From the Paperback edition."

"Will grab readers from the first entry."-- Kirkus Reviews

"Holly's lively self lingers in the way the best characters do. Runaway is certainly one of the best young adult books of the year." -- The Sacramento Bee

"This is a great book [for] young teens . . . Van Draanen has shown great versatility in adding another dimension to her already respected body of work." --School Library Journal

"The ending of this taut, powerful story seems possible and deeply hopeful." --Booklist

"Readers will be drawn to Holly as she shifts between her search for a safe place to live, her anger at the foster care system and her reflections on the circumstances that led up to her mother's overdose." -- Publishers Weekly

From the Paperback edition.

About the Author:

Wendelin Van Draanen began keeping a journal after a family tragedy. Writing started as a way to sort through her feelings and frustrations, but grew into something she enjoyed for its own sake, and eventually became a new and rewarding career. Ms. Van Draanen lives in Central California. The author lives in Central California.
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