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1) Astray
Author
Language
English
Description
A collection of short stories featuring a cross-section of society including runaways, drifters, gold miners, counterfeiters, attorneys, and slaves from Puritan Massachusetts and revolutionary New Jersey to antebellum Louisiana.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"When Cricket's Aunt Belinda accidentally forgets her in the grocery store, Cricket decides to run away once and for all. But Cricket has to stay close by because even though her mama hasn't been in touch since she disappeared, she'll surely come back. And Cricket has to be there when she does. Because she needs answers"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Born with an ability to float in the air, Barnaby Brocket is entreated by his parents to hide his unusual trait until a fateful day when he finds himself on a journey that takes him all over the world and into outer space.
6) Zip
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"A girl discovers adventure at every highway turn. After Lyssa's mother dies, her kind but clueless new stepfather moves with her to the suburbs of Seattle in the hopes of making a fresh start. But Lyssa feels lost and adrift in the rainy Northwest without her mom. And when she finds out that her old house in Texas is about to be bulldozed, something snaps inside her. Fiercely determined, Lyssa climbs onto her scooter and sets off cross-country to...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When lonely Ravani Foster discovers his new friend Virginia and her six mysterious runaway companions are in danger, he must fight to keep them safe, or lose the only person who has ever understood him.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rollo the troll is tired of chores, but after spending time on the tundra with various animal families, from owls to moose, he realizes that he wants to be home for Christmas even if that means behaving himself.
10) Trixie ten
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The youngest of ten children, Trixie grows tired of all the noise and sets off on her own to find a quiet place.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Alberto, the town's coffin maker, and Tito, a runaway boy, both lonely after suffering tragic losses, learn the power of friendship as they try to escape the shadows of their pasts.
Author
Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Running away from home after her baby brother arrives, a little girl waits in a box with "FREE KID" written on it, hoping for new parents, but when help is needed at home, she returns happily to where she belongs.
Author
Series
Three-ring rascals volume 4
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A misbehaving mouse, under the employ of Sir Sidney's Circus, finds adventure when a balloon carries him away and he meets a young runaway.
Author
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Palace rules, boarding school, and paparazzi have Jenna, princess of the newly unified kingdom of Scandia, longing for her former anonymity, but when she runs away she finds herself in grave danger--and in a position to prevent the outbreak of civil war.
15) Mosquitoland
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"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"--
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"In 1857 India, 12-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in--and certain death on her husband's funeral pyre--only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. When a rebellion against British colonizers spreads, she must choose between relative safety in a British household or standing up for herself and her people"--
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When living with her mother's abusive boyfriend becomes unbearable, fifteen-year-old Selina Kyle, the future Catwoman, runs away and struggles to find her own identity while living on the streets of Gotham.
Author
Series
Pumpkin Princess volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A runaway orphan is adopted by the fabled Pumpkin King and whisked away to a land of undead creatures"--
19) Please stand by
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A young woman escapes from her group home hoping to get her Star Trek script produced in Hollywood. With her sister and psychiatrist at her heels, she must conquer a new world full of challenges.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1599 England, twelve-year-old lying, thieving Will Sparrow runs away, meets many colorful characters on the road, and then reluctantly joins a traveling "oddities" exhibit, where he learns to see beyond appearances.
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