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Hit the Ground Running

Alison Hughes

EPUB
ca. 9,49

Orca Book Publishers img Link Publisher

Kinder- und Jugendbücher / Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre

Beschreibung

Sixteen-year-old Dee and her seven-year-old brother, Eddie, have been on their own for six weeks. Their father has seemingly vanished into the baking Arizona desert. Their money is drying up and the rent is coming due, but it's a visit from a social worker and the prospect of being separated from Eddie that scares Dee enough to flee. She dupes her brother into packing up and embarking on the long road trip to Canada, their birthplace and former home. Lacking a driver's license and facing a looming interrogation at the border, Dee rations their money and food as they burn down the interstate in their ancient, decrepit car.

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Schlagwörter

anxiety, distance learning, realistic fiction, truckers, panic attack, runaways, fear, danger, Canada and United States border, strong female protagonist, contemporary fiction, sibling relationship, family, mental health, home learning, strong female lead, sightseeing, adventure, highways, YA fiction, borders, absent parents, responsibility, siblings, teen fiction, coming of age, road trips