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Runaway (2006) (edit title/settings)

by Wendelin Van Draanen (Author) (edit contributors)

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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. ... read more

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  • Holly Janquell: The main character. Holly is an inventive, clever 12 year old girl. It seems Holly is always an outcast looking in. Holly lives in and out of foster homes after her mother dies of a drug overdose at the raw age of 10. She decides that she's had enough of the abuse from her foster family and runs away. She considers herself to be a gypsy. She also has a love of dogs, books, and writing.
  • Mr. and Mrs. Bender: A foster family that takes Holly in. Mrs. Bender is a vapid, cruel woman that steals money from her husband and blames it on Holly. She locks Holly in the laundry room and doesnt feed her or give access to a bathroom half the time. Mr. Bender is just as bad. He always gives her sly, perverted looks. Or sometimes he'll try to give her a neck massage to "help her unwind". Both spouses are prone to violence.
  • Ms. Leone: Hollys english teacher. Holly likes to think Ms. Leone doesn't care about her or want whats best for her, but Holly still addresses every diary entry to Ms. Leone.
  • Louise K. Palmer: A senile old homeless woman. Holly befriends her in an attempt to get into a homeless shelter. Holly cleans her up and combs out her long tangled hair. Louise seems to have lost her daughters. Holly writes a beautiful poem about her, and gives her the name Lady Louise.
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  • “Nobody likes feeling like dirt. Nobody wants to be swept away. Nobody wants to be hidden under a rug and forgotten.”
    Holly
  • “I have no plan. I have no place. I have no purpose. I want more than to just survive. Just surviving gets you nowhere.”
    Holly
  • “Toes in the sand. Heart in the stars.”
    Holly
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  • Nobody likes feeling like dirt. Nobody wants to be swept away. Nobody wants to be hidden under a rug and forgotten.
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  • Blue face Disgusting taste Flush it Shush it Cold disgrace
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  • Toes in the sand. Heart in the stars.
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  • I have no plan. I have no place. I have no purpose. I want more than to just survive. Just surviving gets you nowhere.
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  • I’m the Stowaway Gypsy and I need a ride I’m gettin’ in your trailer and I’m gonna hide I’m snoozin’ and cruisin’ and havin’ a rest While Shootin’ Star and me get chauffeured out WEST
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  • GOODBYE Smoke wafting skyward Thinning, then disappearing A flame’s wave goodbye
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First Sentence edit see section history

It's cold.

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Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 4 of 15 in 2010-2011 Iowa Teen Award. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Football Genius, and followed by Elephant Run.

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  1. Wendelin Van Draanen (Author)

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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 2006
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Page Count: 276

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