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61) Wild boy
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jesse runs away from home and tries to survive on his own in the nearby mountains.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Orphaned eleven-year-old Miles Wednesday and his companion, a Song Angel named Little, are helped by a talking tiger as they set off to find a missing Storm Angel and Miles's beloved stuffed bear, ending up in a peculiar circus where the audience cannot stop laughing.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Rose Madsen will do anything to keep from being married off to one of the men in her Fundamentalist Mormon (FLDS) community, even endure the continued beatings and abuse of her mother. But when her mentally handicapped baby sister is forced to strangle the bird she loves at the behest of the Prophet, Rose frees the bird and runs away. Adan Reyes will do anything to escape the abusive foster care system in Phoenix, even leaving his good friends and...
66) The tiger's egg
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
While working for the newly revamped circus, orphaned eleven-year-old Miles gains information about his past and sets off with his angel companion, Little, on a quest to find a mystical tiger's egg before it falls into the hands of their nemesis, Cortado.
67) Foreverland
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
On the day that her father plans to move out of the house, twelve-year-old Margaret runs away to live in an amusement park, where a mysterious boy teaches her the basics of how to get food and avoid security.
68) Nobody but us
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Told in their separate voices, eighteen-year-old Will who has aged out of foster care, and fifteen-year-old Zoe whose father beats her, set out for Las Vegas together, but their escape may prove more dangerous than what they left behind.
69) Don't stop now
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Recent high school graduates Lil and Josh leave Illinois for Oregon seeking Lil's sort-of friend Penny, who faked her own kidnapping to escape problems at home and an abusive boyfriend, but Lil also wants to find out if she and Josh are meant to be more than friends.
Author
Series
Beckoning shadow volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Terrified of her magical power after a horrifying incident resulting from her lack of control, teenage runaway, Vesper Montgomery, enters a dangerous tournament for a chance to rewrite the past and reverse the mistakes that have changed her forever.
71) A Summer Secret
Author
Series
Mysteries of Middlefield volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In the Mysteries of Middlefield series, readers will be immersed into exciting mysteries and authentic Amish culture. With a twin brother and five younger brothers, Mary Beth Mullets house is in constant chaos. Her parents dont seem to mind the noise, but she needs a break from all the pestering and babysitting. Its the summer before eighth grade, and Mary Beth plans to escape to her secret place as much as possible. The old barn in the neighboring...
72) Under the lilacs
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Jenny runs away from home because her mother and sister are too busy for her, but being independent is only fun for a little while.
73) Fly by night
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Mosca Mye and her homicidal goose, Saracen, travel to the city of Mandelion on the heels of smooth-talking con-man, Eponymous Clent.
74) Castle of refuge
Author
Series
Dericott tales volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
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.
Fourteenth-century England. Audrey has suffered her sister Maris's cruel, jealous behavior all her life. An act of malice made their father, a viscount, sent Maris to a convent, but...
75) Max the Mighty
Author
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Max helps a younger girl escape from her abusive stepfather by running away with her to the distant town of Chivalry, Montana, searching for her real father.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Alone in New York, sixteen-year-old Cat is determined to realize the dream she shared with her recently-deceased grandmother--to be a fashion designer whose line is sold in Bloomingdale's--but first she must survive the big city and avoid being stopped by her mother.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
To escape his abusive stepdad, bad boy Ryan Hess runs from his Texas border town to Mexico, but his plans to keep his head down and stay out of trouble are shattered the minute he meets beautiful Dalila Sandoval, the daughter of a wealthy lawyer.
80) The Map of Me
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Margie finds her sister, Peep, intolerable since the youngster skipped from third grade to sixth, but when their mother leaves home, Margie packs Peep into their father's car and starts driving across Kentucky to find her.
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