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1) Runaway
Author
Series
Starlight animal rescue volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dakota doesn't want to warm up to her new foster family; in fact, she plans to run away as soon as she gets the opportunity. Just as her plans to escape unfold, she falls in love with a horse that others have just about given up on. She accepts the love of her new family as well as the love of God through a series of events"--Publisher's website.
2) Num8ers
Author
Series
Numbers volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Jem knows when she looks at someone the exact date they will die, so she avoids relationships and tries to keep out of the way, but when she meets a boy named Spider and they plan a day out together, they become more involved than either of them had planned.
3) The hideaway
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Told in two alternating narratives, The Hideaway tells the story of Billy McKenna, who runs away from home and takes refuge in an overgrown graveyard. The first narrative is told from his perspective, whereas the second thread tells of the situation at home and the police search for Billy. Covering themes of domestic violence, families, childhood, and being separated and reunited, this is an important and beautifully illustrated...
4) First love
Author
Language
English
Description
Runaways Axi, sixteen, and Robinson, seventeen, who met on a cancer ward, leave small-town Oregon on a cross-country trip to experience the best of life before it is too late.
5) Punkzilla
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Punkzilla" is on a mission to see his older brother "P", before "P" dies of cancer. Still buzzing from his last hit of meth, he embarks on a days-long trip from Portland, Ore. to Memphis, Tenn., writing letters to his family and friends. Along the way, he sees a sketchier side of America and worries if he will make it to see his brother in time.
6) Mosquitoland
Author
Language
English
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Description
"When she learns that her mother is sick in Ohio, Mim confronts her demons on a thousand-mile odyssey from Mississippi that redefines her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane"--
Author
Series
Three rancheros volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never cared about anyone but herself. Beverly doesn't...
Author
Series
House of furies volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
Escaping from her harsh school before finding work as a maid in an English boarding house, Louisa realizes that her mysterious employer and his staff execute cruel judgments on the guests.
10) I'm not missing
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's senior year, and Miranda Black's best friend, Syd, has run away--suddenly and inexplicably, leaving behind nothing but a pink leopard print cell phone with a text message from the mysterious HIM. Everyone wants to know why Syd left, but the truth is, Miranda has no idea. When Miranda's mother abandoned her as a child, Miranda had found shelter in her friendship with Syd, who wore her own motherlessness like a badge of honor. Now Miranda's been...
11) Erased
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Anna searches for answers about her past while she evades the Branch with genetically altered boys Sam, Cas, and Nick"--
12) Tess of the road
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons can be whomever they choose. Tess speaks out of turn, has wild ideas, and can't seem to keep out of trouble. When Tess's family decides the only path for her is a nunnery, she chooses a different path for herself. She cuts her hair, pulls on her boots, and sets out on a journey. The open road is a map to somewhere else-- a life where she might...
13) Castle of refuge
Author
Series
Dericott tale volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In medieval England, nineteen-year-old Audrey, the daughter of English nobility and facially scarred by her abusive, mentally ill sister, seeks God's protection when she runs away from an arranged marriage proposal, to find true love, safety, and a purpose to her life.
14) 27 hours
Author
Series
Nightside saga (Tristina Wright) volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Rumor Mora fears hellhounds too strong for him to kill, and failure. Jude Welton dreams that humans will stop killing monsters, and his strange abilities will vanish. In no reality should a boy raised to love monsters fall for a boy raised to kill them. Nyx Llorca secret is that the moon speaks to her, and she's in love with her best friend, Dahlia. Braeden Tennant wants to get out from his mother's shadow, and to unlearn Epsilon colony's darkest...
15) Pushed
Author
Series
Hardy boys undercover brothers volume 18
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The Hardy Boys nvestigate the murder of Evan Davis, a runaway teen who was pushed off a subway platform in New York City. Other teens living at the Haven, a shelter for runaways in the city are potentially a risk, and everyone from another resident of the shelter who ended up with Evan's jacket to Evan's own dad, a politician who wanted to keep his son a secret, are suspects.
16) Little Peach
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Hospitalized in Brooklyn, New York, fourteen-year-old Michelle recalls being raised in Philadelphia by a loving grandfather and drug-addicted mother before running away and getting lured into prostitution.
17) Smoke
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
After the death of her abusive father and loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn runs away, desperately seeking peace, as her younger sister, a sophomore in high school, also tries to put the pieces of her life back together.
18) My week with him
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this contemporary poetic retelling of the iconic myth, a teenage girl fleeing an abusive home takes refuge in the woods with a fairy-tale witch.
A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: a house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice,...
20) Ten Mile River
Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Having escaped from juvenile detention centers and foster care, two teenaged boys live on their own in an abandoned shack in a New York City park, making their way by stealing, occasionally working, and trying to keep from being arrested.
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