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1) Zeke Pippin

Author

Steig, William

Publisher

Michael di Capua Books

Language

English

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Freedom to Read

2) Grease town

Author

Towell, Ann

Publisher

Tundra Books

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7

Language

English

3) The dragonfly pool

Author

Ibbotson, Eva

Language

English

Formats

Children's Book, eAudiobook

Description

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A fierce schoolgirl and a runaway prince embark on a truly great adventure.

4) Danny, who fell in a hole

Author

Fagan, Cary

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

Formats

Children's Book, eBook

Description

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When Danny find himself stranded at the bottom of a giant construction hole, he makes use of the items in his backpack to get through the next few days and befriends a poetry-spouting mole.

5) Loula is leaving for Africa

Author

Villeneuve, Anne

Series

Loula books (Anne Villeneuve) volume 1

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Children's Book, eBook

Description

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Tired of her terrible older brothers, Loula decides to run away to Africa, where she crosses a sandbox desert, paddle-boats across piranha-filled waters, and enjoys an African sunset with her mother's driver, Gilbert.

6) Alfie runs away

Author

Cadow, Kenneth M

Publisher

Frances Foster Books

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Told he must give up his favorite, now too-small, shoes, Alfie leaves home, but not before his mother persuades him to take all of the things he might need while he is gone

7) Hit the ground running

Author

Hughes, Alison

Publisher

Orca Book Publishers

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7

Language

English

Description

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When her father disappears, leaving her in charge of her little brother, Eddie, Dee flees with him from Arizona to Canada, their birthplace and former home.

8) Masquerade

Author

Lam, Laura

Series

Micah Grey trilogy volume 3

Publisher

Pan Books

Language

English

Description

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Micah's powers force him to turn to the untrustworthy Dr. Pozzi, as anti-royalist unrest threatens Ellada, and an ancient sect that once nearly destroyed the world reappears to spread terror when the Chimaera reveal they still exist.

9) Down and across

Author

Ahmadi, Arvin

Publisher

Viking

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10

Language

English

Description

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Sixteen-year-old Scott Ferdowsi's impromptu trip to a famous professor for advice about success turns into a summer of freedom that brings him answers in unexpected places. -- Provided by publisher.

10) The white road of the moon

Author

Neumeier, Rachel

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Language

English

Description

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A girl who is hated because of her ability to see and communicate with ghosts runs away to escape being sold into an abusive apprenticeship.

11) Almost invisible

Author

Garvie, Maureen

Publisher

Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press

Language

English

Description

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Escaping abuse from her father's friends, thirteen-year-old Jewel runs away from home and finds a place to live in the cupboard of the art room at school, but her secret may be exposed when her classmates Maya and Lily discover her there.

12) Blink & Caution

Author

Wynne-Jones, Tim

Language

English

Formats

Audio Book, eBook

Description

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Two street kids get tangled in a plot over their heads - and risk an unexpected connection - in this heart-pounding thriller by Tim Wynne-Jones. (Age 14 and up)

Boy, did Blink get off on the wrong floor. All he wanted was to steal some breakfast for his empty belly, but instead he stumbled upon a fake kidnapping and a cell phone dropped by an "abducted" CEO, giving Blink a link to his perfect blonde daughter. Now Blink is on the run,

...

13) The evil wizard Smallbone

Author

Sherman, Delia

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11

Language

English

Description

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After running away from an abusive home, Nick becomes the apprentice to wizard Zachariah Smallbone, the owner of a bookstore whose snarky books teach Nick the magic he will need to defeat Smallbone's nemesis, werewolf Fidelou.

14) Counting to perfect

Author

LaFleur, Suzanne M

Publisher

Wendy Lamb Books

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5

Language

English

Description

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Ignored by her parents since her "perfect" older sister, Julia, had a baby, Cassie, twelve, foregoes her summer plans to join Julia and baby Addie on a road trip.

15) Beneath a meth moon: an elegy

Author

Woodson, Jacqueline

Publisher

Nancy Paulsen Books

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4

Language

English

Description

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"A young girl uses crystal meth to escape the pain of losing her mother and grandmother in Hurricane Katrina, and then struggles to get over her addiction"--Publisher.

16) Nick and June were here

Author

Stanley, Shalanda

Publisher

Borzoi book, Alfred A. Knopf

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10

Language

English

Description

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Told in two voices, Nick, a sometimes artist who steals cars to support his aunt, and June, who has been hiding her symptoms of schizophrenia, run away together.

17) Let's get lost

Author

Alsaid, Adi

Publisher

Harlequin Teen

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13

Language

English

Description

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A love-seeking mechanic, a dramatic petty thief, a disappointed planner, and a broken-hearted teen all find their lives transformed as each shares whirlwind adventures with a girl in an insanely red car.

18) Mosquitoland

Author

Arnold, David

Publisher

Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11

Language

English

Description

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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.

19) Come home, Angus

Author

Downes, Patrick

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Children's Book, eBook

Description

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Little Angus wakes up angry, and decides to run away from home when his mother scolds him for being rude--but he is very soon lost, hungry, and more than a little frightened.

20) First love

Author

Patterson, James

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8

Language

English

Description

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Runaways Axi, sixteen, and Robinson, seventeen, who met on a cancer ward, leave small-town Oregon on a cross-country trip to experience the best of life before it is too late.

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1) Zeke Pippin

2) Grease town

3) The dragonfly pool

4) Danny, who fell in a hole

5) Loula is leaving for Africa

6) Alfie runs away

7) Hit the ground running

8) Masquerade

9) Down and across

10) The white road of the moon

11) Almost invisible

12) Blink & Caution

13) The evil wizard Smallbone

14) Counting to perfect

15) Beneath a meth moon: an elegy

16) Nick and June were here

17) Let's get lost

18) Mosquitoland

19) Come home, Angus

20) First love

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