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5) Dreamland
Author
Language
English
Description
After her older sister runs away, sixteen-year-old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous.
7) The maze
Author
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild.
Author
Language
English
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JEF - Historical Fiction - Juvenile
MCL - Coretta Scott King Award - Author
MCL - John Newbery Medal
NPM - JUV GRL U
MCL - Coretta Scott King Award - Author
MCL - John Newbery Medal
NPM - JUV GRL U
Description
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
10) Prettiest doll
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A beauty contestant since she was three, Olivia, now thirteen, has begun feeling limited by her beauty but a shared journey with Danny, a boy struggling with his own appearance, show her she has choices and resources beyond her appearance.
11) Gem & Dixie
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gem has never known what it is to have security. She's never known an adult she can truly rely on. But the one constant in her life has been Dixie. Gem grew up taking care of her sister when no one else could: not their mother, whose issues make it hard for her to keep food on the table, and definitely not their father, whose intermittent presence is the only thing worse than his frequent absence. Even as Gem and Dixie have grown apart, they've always...
12) Missing
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Shortly after her runaway brother is declared dead, thirteen-year-old Maxine begins receiving phone calls from someone claiming to be her brother.
13) Finding Fortune
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Angry with her mother, twelve-year-old runaway Ren finds an unusual boarding house in a nearby ghost town, Fortune, where she meets some interesting people and learns of a forgotten treasure from when the town was famous for buttons made of Mississippi River shells.
14) Joey runs away
Author
Language
English
Description
After Joey, a young kangaroo, runs away in search of a better place to live, other animals try out his mother's empty pouch while she is looking for him.
Author
Series
American Girl history mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1904, twelve-year-old Orphelia follows her dream by running away from home to join an all-black minstrel show headed for the Saint Louis World's Fair, and learns about her family's troubled past in the process.
17) The runaways
Author
Pub. Date
1974.
Language
English
Description
A fifteen-year-old boy running from reform school and a cheetah escaped from England's Longleat Lion Park take refuge in the same deserted barn.
18) The Thief lord
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord." Welcome to the magical world of Venice, Italy, where hidden canals and crumbling rooftops shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets.
19) Katt loves Dogg
Author
Series
Katt vs. Dogg volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
During a family reunion at the Eastern Wilderness Reserve, adventurers and expert trackers Molly the katt and Oscar the dogg must outsmart the rule-makers when two of their cousins run away together.
20) I'm not missing
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Sick of the pressures of pet life, one dog escapes to fulfill his true Lone Wolf destiny, but then he sees his owner with a new dog and feels unexpectedly jealous."--
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