| The Journey Back Contributor(s): Cummings, Priscilla (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142422908 ISBN-13: 9780142422908 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Runaways - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Physical & Emotional Abuse (see Also Social Themes - Sexual - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 810 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.45 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Geographic Orientation - Maryland |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 155436 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A teenage boy faces his past and seeks redemption in the gripping companion book to Red Kayak Nine months in a juvenile detention facility was the punishment for his crime. After just a month he makes a bold escape that nearly kills him and soon an angry fourteen-year-old Digger is on the run. When injuries stop him, Digger hides at a riverside campground, where he befriends a young boy and a girl his own age. New friends, a job caring for rescued horses, and risking his life to save another make Digger realize that the journey back is not just about getting home. But he come to terms with his troubled past and face what he's really running from? |