Runaway, Wendelin Van Draanen
Runaway, Wendelin Van Draanen
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Runaway

Author: Wendelin Van Draanen

Narrator: Emma Galvin

Unabridged: 6 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/28/2021

Synopsis

This diary of a runaway girl and her search for a home celebrates hope, resilience, and happy endings as only Wendelin Van Draanen, the author of Flipped and other acclaimed novels, can.
 
Holly has run away before, but this time she actually gets away—and what at first felt like an escape soon becomes a daily struggle for survival. She is smart and resourceful, and she manages to make it across the country on her own. But how long can this go on? It’s getting harder to avoid the truth—Holly is now homeless.
 
Runaway is a remarkably uplifting portrait of a girl still young and stubborn and naive enough to believe there’s a better place for her in the world.
 
“Will grab readers from the first entry.” —Kirkus Reviews
 
“Holly’s lively self lingers in the way the best characters do. Runaway is certainly one of the best young adult books of the year.” —The Sacramento Bee

About The Author

Wendelin Van Draanen spent many years as a classroom teacher and is now a full-time writer. She is the author of many award-winning books, including the Sammy Keyes mysteries, Flipped, The Running Dream, Runaway, Wild Bird, Confessions of a Serial Kisser, The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones, Swear to Howdy, and Hope in the Mail, Reflections on Writing and Life. Ms. Van Draanen lives with her husband in California. Her hobbies include the “three R’s”: reading, running, and rock ’n’ roll. To read more about Wendelin Van Draanen’s books, please visit WendelinVanDraanen.com.Emma Galvin's film credits include My Suicidal Sweetheart, A Perfect Fit, and The Big Bad Swim. She has performed in several regional theater productions including Off Broadway in Our Town.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Harold on January 28, 2012

Runaway is another book picked for me at random at the library by my daughter. More often than not, she comes up with good stuff. That's probably a testament as much to the librarians as it is to my daughter, but still... Runaway is a sequel, of sorts, to another book that Van Draanen wrote (Sammy Ke......more

Goodreads review by MEREDITH :) on April 22, 2009

Runaway By: Wenddelin Van Draanen. This story is about a foster girl, she lives with her foster parents who make her sleep in the laundry room when shes a "bad girl" After her foster dad shoves her head in the toilet and flushes several times, shes had enough. She runaway. Read this book to find out th......more

Goodreads review by Olivia on October 19, 2014

Olivia Gonzales p.1 Waxman Goodreads Review no. 2 - Runaway Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen is the powerful story of a young girl named Holly Janquell who has been deemed “unadoptable” and constantly runs away from her foster homes. When she faces some cruel events in one of them, she runs away to th......more

Goodreads review by Completely Melanie on July 05, 2020

If you watched my vlog, you would have seen me bawling my eyes out over this book. It was so moving. It follows a 12 yr old girl who has run away from bad foster homes and makes her way out west. I highly recommend this book and if you want to hear more of my thoughts on this book, check out my June......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on March 11, 2025

This is like a pg version of Go Ask Alice, written in diary format and is a young girl struggling with life and how she decides to survive.......more

Quotes

“Will grab readers from the first entry.”— Kirkus Reviews
 
“Holly's lively self lingers in the way the best characters do. Runaway is certainly one of the best young adult books of the year.” — The Sacramento Bee
 
“This is a great book [for] young teens . . . Van Draanen has shown great versatility in adding another dimension to her already respected body of work.” —School Library Journal
 
“The ending of this taut, powerful story seems possible and deeply hopeful.” —Booklist
 
“Readers will be drawn to Holly as she shifts between her search for a safe place to live, her anger at the foster care system and her reflections on the circumstances that led up to her mother's overdose.” — Publishers Weekly

Awards

  • Florida Sunshine State Book Award
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