| Hit the Ground Running Contributor(s): Hughes, Alison (Author) |
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ISBN: 1459815440 ISBN-13: 9781459815445 Publisher: Orca Book Publishers OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Travel & Transportation - Car & Road Trips - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Siblings - Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2017932499 |
| Lexile Measure: 690 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" (0.65 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Catalog Heading - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary - Curriculum Strand - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 503044 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hughes, Alison: - Alison Hughes is an award-winning author of many books for children and young adults, including Hide and Shriek in the Orca Soundings collection. Alison volunteers for children and literacy and gives frequent presentations at schools, libraries and young-writer conferences. She lives in Edmonton with her family. |