Runaway by Wendelin van Draanen (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.)
Winner: Sequoyah Book Award 2009, Sunshine State Young Reader's Book Award, 2009
12 year old Holly is on the streets after running from her fifth foster home. Preferable to living with abuse, she shares with us by her diary entries, her daily struggle to find food, shelter and safety. Holly is accustomed to living on the streets; she did so with her mum before she died of a drug overdose leaving Holly to a life of abuse in foster homes.
This serious and powerful story ends with hope for the future. Readers will be drawn to Holly and her circumstances and won't look at homeless people in the same way afterwards. For ages 10 and up.
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