runaways

"Tells the story of the journey of an abused twelve-year-old white girl and an escaped slave girl who run away together and form a bond of friendship while seeking freedom"--Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Ivy Green, whose mother may have run off with a charismatic preacher to Panhandle, Florida, and classmate Paul Dobbs, who wants to see a Space Shuttle before the program is scrapped, team up for a summer adventure that is full of surprises.

After Stanley Potts's uncle Ernie's mad obsession with canning fish turns dangerous, Stan is force to head out on his own. He finds new friends in a carnival full of eccentric characters and meets the legendary Pancho Pirelli, the man who swims in a tank full of perilous piranhas.

"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"--Provided by publisher.

"In 1845, Sammy, a Chinese American girl, and Annamae, an African American slave girl, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California from Missouri"--Provided by publisher.

Best friends Annabelle and Tiffany risk placing all of dollkind in danger when they run away while trying to prevent Tilly from being sent back to London before they can determine if she is Annabelle's long-lost baby sister.

Sheltering beneath a Los Angeles freeway overpass, a group of street people comprised of homeless men, runaway teenagers, and a feisty bag lady manages to grow together into an unlikely family.

Relates the stories of twelve-year-old Ben, who loses his mother and his hearing in a short time frame and decides to leave his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he has never known in New York City; and Rose, who lives with her father but feels compelled to search for what is missing in her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.

Two girls, misfits at snobbish Rossiter Hall school, take over an abandoned cottage. All is well until an 18-year-old boy on the run appears.

A twelve-year-old Arkansas girl rejects the idea of her preacher father's remarriage and sets about destroying it.