Runaway Twin
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Publication Year
2009
ISBN
9780525421771
Pages
197 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Thirteen-year-old Sunny, accompanied by a stray dog, takes advantage of a windfall to travel from her Nebraska foster home to Enumclaw, Washington, to find the twin sister from whom she was separated at age three.
Grade Level
6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Foster care; Family member death; death of a mother; death of a grandmother; foster child; foster family
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
foster family
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2010
Children's Choices, 2010
Horned Toad Tales, 2011-2012
Nominee
Iowa Children's Choice Award, 2012-2013
Nominee
Mark Twain Award, 2011-2012
Nominee
North Carolina Children's Book Award, 2012
Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award, 2011-2012
Nominee
West Virginia Children's Book Award, 2011-2012
Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award, 2011-2012
Nominee
Iowa Children's Choice Award, 2012, Winner
Literary Classics International Book Awards, 2012, Gold, Young Adult
Mark Twain Award, 2012, Winner
Keywords
dogs; runaway teenagers; sisters; twins; voyages and travels
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Kehret, Peg, "Runaway Twin" (2009). Diverse Families. 628.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/628