Wendelin Van Draanen has written a diary-style book that tells you what it feels like to be homeless, alone, and on the streets...at twelve years old. Runaway Holly was placed in foster homes at age 10, after he mother died. After a couple years of getting pushed around in the foster system, Holly decides that anything must be better than being locked in her foster parent's laundry room every weekend with no food. T
his book follows Holly as she travels across the States to California on her own, evading the police and the dangerous people who want to take advantage of her. Holly is smart and resourceful, but how long can she survive on her own?
This compelling book will keep you up at night as you wait to find out whether Holly will find safety and, perhaps, a place to call home again.
Fiction
Grades 7-12
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1 comment:
I would really like to read this book.
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