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1) The runaways
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Twelve-year-old Dani hates living in the small desert town of Rattler Springs, Nevada, but her plans to run away get complicated when a pesky young boy and an imaginative new girl decide they want to go along.
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"Nikki can't wait to leave Texas and follow her dreams of a music career... After a painful betrayal by her sister and a heated argument with their mother, Nikki is kicked out and finds herself homeless. She decides to go to California to pursue her singing career. When her best friend, Malachai, discovers her plan to flee Texas, he begs her to spend the remainder of spring break with him. He believes that over the course of a week, he can convince...
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An hilarious story about sibling rivalry and a child's impulse to run away from home-(and come back again!)
"When my squawking baby brother arrived, I realized I needed a new family. No one seemed to mind when I packed my bag. I took a box and used my best handwriting to write 'FREE KID', then waited for some new parents to take me home."
Waiting in a box like an abandoned pet and encountering the passersby changes the girl's perspective. At the...
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American Girl history mysteries volume 11
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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.
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Two girls from the opposite ends of time, drawn together by a single cataclysmic event. … Festival of FireWhen Rowie and her sisters are in terrible danger, she remembers the Chalk Girl. … The Chalk GirlThe haunting music stole Boyd's sister away a year ago. Now it's back... Worlds AwayDavey can see colours no-one else can. His friend Kemi knows the reason why – and it's not good… … Colour BoundA still-grieving Alinta flees from the Midwinter...
7) Run
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Bo Dickinson is a seventeen-year-old girl from a bad family, but she is also over-protected, legally blind, Agnes Atwood's best friend--so when Bo calls in the middle of the night, desperate to get out of town, Agnes helps her to steal the Atwoods' car and the two girls go on the run, even though Agnes is not sure exactly what they are running from.
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sing Tarot cards as inspiration for characters and events in the series, Madz crafts a tale of unimaginable heartbreak and hopeful reprieve through Finn, his friends, and their respective struggles with addiction and recovery.
Finn comes home from school to find his sister murdered-and his drunk father pointing a gun at his head. When his mother tries to stop her husband's violent outrage, he misfires and kills her instead.
Desperate for an escape,...
9) Rhapsody
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I am a survivor. A warrior facing battle.I will protect those I love with my life,and take back what's mine.Kaya has minutes to save the man she loves. Luke's life is hanging by a thread, and Kaya has to do the unthinkable-go back to her father. Offering herself in exchange for Luke's freedom seems a worthy way to die, but Thomas disagrees. Realizing he wants more than just friendship, he wedges himself between Kaya and her sacrifice. He'll do whatever...
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This fable-like novella about a homeless boy's quest to make it to the beach offers "a darkly poetic, masterfully crafted view of life on the streets" (Publishers Weekly).
From the celebrated author of The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity comes a tale of adventure, suspense, and friendship. Cosmos and Niner have adapted to being homeless, but they decide to set out on a journey to the beach where they can enjoy the summer weather year-round. Their...
12) I am J
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J, who feels like a boy mistakenly born as a girl, runs away from his best friend who has rejected him and the parents he thinks do not understand him when he finally decides that it is time to be who he really is.
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