Search Results

Winter has come early to Venice. Two orphaned children are on the run, hiding among the crumbling canals and misty alleyways of the city. Befriended ... More

See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions

Prosper and Bo are orphans on the run from their cruel aunt and uncle. The brothers decide to hide out in Venice, where they meet a mysterious ... More

See all Softcovers | List of all editions

Faced with an ultimatum from his mother to take his cat to the animal shelter, Spencer sets off to find his father, whom Spencer believes works for ... More

See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions

There's nothing unusual about the Brockets. Normal, respectable, and proud of it, they turn up their noses at anyone strange or different. But from ... More

See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions

A film-script novelization combined with the Enid Blyton magic with updated story lines, scenery and plenty of action.

See all Softcovers | List of all editions

Harry, 15, is running away from Dallas, Texas, and is seeking closure on his parents' death. Granny Reed is escaping from a nursing home in Dallas. ... More

See all Softcovers | List of all editions

This "fast and suspenseful survival story" (Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books) is the winner of the 1991 Spur Award for best fiction, given ... More

See all Softcovers | List of all editions

See all Softcovers | List of all editions

Twelve-year-old Jack Stoppard is on a train, running away to join his father in Scotland. Befriending a blind girl heading in the same direction, ... More

See all Softcovers | List of all editions

Ten-year-old Liberty Aimes is a captive in her parents' crooked house. Her only knowledge of the outside world comes from a secret stash of books. ... More

See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions

Frank and Joe travel to New York City over Thanksgiving to go undercover at the Haven, a shelter for runaway teens. One of the Haven's young ... More

See all Softcovers | List of all editions

Twelve-year-old Sammy gets lost in the woods and runs into a wild child known as Kevin, who is on the run from reform school. At first Kevin ... More

See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions

Daisy's fed up with being told off. After a bad day at school, she plans to run away - with best friend Jimmy in tow. They want to join the new ... More

See all Softcovers | List of all editions

See all Softcovers | List of all editions

Erin, January and Mouse live in a children's home, Whitegates. They often dream of escape, and frequently journey into the outside world. Running ... More

See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions

It's Addy's first day at a new school, but she has decided to behave so badly that they will send her home. She begins by blocking the basin with ... More

See all Softcovers | List of all editions

Adam Miller had had a long war, and when the US Army let him go he made his way to Venice where his mother was trying to recreate her pre-war life. ... More

See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions

While running away from home because no one seems to need his help for anything, Bernie finds a lot of people on the way who find his help very ... More

See all Hardcovers | List of all editions

A three-time Newbery Honor award winner explores the theme of parental neglect and a child's coming of age. Three unhappy kids who are stuck in the ... More

See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions

In a radical departure from standard editions, Mark Twain's most famous novel is published here with one disturbing racial label translated as "slave ... More

See all Softcovers | List of all editions

This coming-of-age story captures a vanished world of outdoor action and introduces Mark Twain's two most enduring literary characters, Tom Sawyer ... More

See all Softcovers | List of all editions

Kazy Clare has had enough. She, and her little sister Beth, are being tormented by their cruel Aunt, who has been sent to look after them following ... More

See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions

Designed to bridge the gap between children's and adult fiction, this book, is one of a series of books which aim to be dynamic and imaginative with ... More

See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions

A sixteen-year-old girl endures a miserable life with her aunt and violent twin brother, but when memories of an even worse past resurface she runs ... More

See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions

Cait and Effie are on holiday with their parents in Cornwall when it happens: the sudden and shocking death of their parents. Distraught, confused ... More

See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions