Title
Runaway!
Publisher
Standard Pub
Publication Year
1989
ISBN
9780874035889
Pages
140 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
After leaving home because her drunken father frequently beats her, fourteen-year-old Jodie tries out a couple of foster homes and eventually finds peace with a loving Christian family.
Grade Level
3-5, 6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Foster care; Family violence; foster teenager; foster family; foster home; abusive father; physical abuse
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
foster mother and father
Keywords
Christianity; kidnapping; runaway; peace
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Willig, Janet, "Runaway!" (1989). Diverse Families. 269.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/269