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Books with title Away from Home

  • Fly Away Home

    Eve Bunting, Ronald Himler

    Paperback (Clarion Books, March 22, 1993)
    A homeless boy who lives in an airport with his father, moving from terminal to terminal trying not to be noticed, is given hope when a trapped bird finally finds its freedom.
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  • Go Away Home

    Carol Bodensteiner

    eBook (Lake Union Publishing, July 7, 2015)
    For an Iowa farm girl in 1913, Liddie Treadway has big dreams. She yearns to move to town, learn a trade, and live on her own. With encouragement from career-minded Aunt Kate, her goals seem within reach—until her unmarried sister is sent away for becoming pregnant and her father dies in a tragic accident. Now the family needs Liddie more than ever, and she’s certain she’ll be trapped on the farm for good.The Treadways’ hired man, Joe Bauer, has dreams of his own: to marry and settle down. So when a woman he’s been courting breaks his heart, he leaves Iowa to start over, just as Liddie finally gets her chance to take a seamstress apprenticeship in town…Though they’re separated by miles, Liddie’s friendship with Joe grows as they write to each other about their new lives. But when Joe returns, will Liddie have to choose between worldly independence and the conventional path of love and family? Or can she have it all?Revised edition: This edition of Go Away Home includes editorial revisions.
  • Far From Home

    Megan Nugen Isbell

    language (, March 23, 2014)
    When Riley Regas moved from Boston to the small town of Carver, Kansas, she never expected the turn her life would take. She never thought she could be happy in Carver, especially after the betrayal she endured at the hands of someone she thought she loved. She was wrong. It’s been six months since everything changed. Six months since Jesse stepped in and saved her. Six months since she realized she’d been in love with Jesse all along. Six months of happiness and Riley can’t wait to take the next step in her life with Jesse at her side.But one night changes everything and the life she envisioned with Jesse is turned upside down. Jesse has always been there for Riley, and now it’s her turn to be there for him. Will the love they fought so hard to find be strong enough to see them through this or will it ultimately tear them apart?
  • Away from Home

    Arleta Richardson

    Paperback (David C. Cook, March 1, 2000)
    Continues the adventures of Mabel, now sixteen, as she leaves home to go to the academy in town, where she stays with relatives and enjoys being grown up.
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  • Fly Away Home

    Patricia Hermes, Robert Rodat, Vince McKewin

    Paperback (William Morrow Paperbacks, Aug. 18, 2005)
    When Amy Alden discovers a nest of goose eggs and brings them home to hatch, the newborns "imprint" on her, following her everywhere, claiming her as their mother. As they grow, Amy and her dad, Thomas, realize they must take on the responsibility of teaching them to migrate for the winter. From Canada to North Carolina, father, daughter, and geese all learn to fly together. The movie Fly Away Home, starring Academy Award®- winning actress Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels, and Dana Delaney, was inspired by the life of Bill Lishman, the Canadian artist who really did teach geese to fly.
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  • Home Away from Home

    Devon Thomas

    Paperback (Outskirts Press, July 11, 2020)
    At first, Nicole Thompson has some hesitations about going away to Boarding School but she knows she needs to get away from her strict and overbearing mother and needs more structure academically. Nicole struggles with learning difficulties and attends Whitney Academy; an all-girls school in New England. In Home Away From Home the author describes Nicole's experience of three years at Boarding School; the friends Nicole makes, some lessons that are hard to understand, both personal and academic, and sports that she is involved in. Nicole goes through some hardships, but also learns lessons that she will take with her long after she leaves Whitney Academy.
  • FAR FROM HOME

    John C. Dalglish

    eBook (, Jan. 27, 2016)
    "ANOTHER GREAT SPIRITUAL MYSTERY" "EPIC CONCLUSION" - Warren A. Lewis-Top Contributor*********************************** Jack Carter made a promise. It has come time to fulfill it, but the consequences of doing so could take everything he holds dear away from him. However, not doing so, would have a greater effect on those he has unwittingly put in the cross-hairs of an ancient Runner. Follow Jack on his extraordinary journey to bring an end to some unfinished business.****************************************MORE FROM JOHN C. DALGLISHTHE CITY MURDERS SERIES(Clean Suspense)BOSTON HOMICIDE - #1MIAMI HOMICIDE - #2CHICAGO HOMICIDE - #3DALLAS HOMICIDE - #4DENVER HOMICIDE - #5SEATTLE HOMICIDE - #6NEW ORLEANS HOMICIDE - #7MEMPHIS HOMICIDE - #8DETECTIVE JASON STRONG SERIES(Clean Suspense)WHERE’S MY SON? – #1BLOODSTAIN – #2FOR MY BROTHER – #3SILENT JUSTICE – #4TIED TO MURDER – #5ONE OF THEIR OWN – #6DEATH STILL - #7LETHAL INJECTION – #8CRUEL DECEPTION – #9LET'S PLAY - #10HOSTAGE- #11 A CIRCLE OF FEAR - #12DEADLY OBSESSION - #13DEAD OF NIGHT - #14SHADOW OF DOUBT - #15FATAL AFFAIR - #16DRIVEN TO KILL - #17BOUND BY BLOOD - #18WEB OF DECEIT - #19STONE COUNTY JUSTICE(Clean Cozy Mystery)MURDER AROUND THE BEND - #1THE CHASER CHRONICLES (Christian Action adventure)CROSSOVER – #1JOURNEY – #2DESTINY- #3INNER DEMONS- #4DARK DAYS - #5FAR FROM HOME - #6DEADLY SECRETS - (Clean Suspense)KEIKO'S WAR - (Clean Historical Fiction)
  • From Far Away

    Robert Munsch, Saoussan Askar, Rebecca Green

    Paperback (Annick Press, Aug. 8, 2017)
    When Saoussan immigrated with her family from war-torn Lebanon, she was only seven years old. This picture book tells the story of how she had to adjust to her new home in Canada. She describes the frustration of not understanding the teacher when she started school, not knowing how to ask to go to the bathroom, and being terrified of a Hallowe'en skeleton. This is the perfect book to help kids empathize with immigrant children whose experiences are very similar to Saoussan's.
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  • Far from Home

    Berlie Doherty

    Paperback (HarperCollins Publishers, Jan. 1, 2015)
    A companion novel to bestselling story of orphan Jim Jarvis set in Victorian England. When Jim is separated from his sisters, Lizzie and Emily, he thinks he will never see them again. Now for the first time, Berlie Doherty reveals what happened to his orphaned sisters.
  • Away from Home

    Anita Lobel

    Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, Sept. 15, 1994)
    In this original alphabet book with an international flavor, the acclaimed author/artist takes her characters and her audience on a whirlwind tour of the world's wonders. From Adam arriving in Amsterdam to Zachary zigzagging in Zaandam, magnificent illustrations entice young readers to linger on every page.
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  • Away From Home

    Afifah Rifai

    language (, April 8, 2017)
    Away from Home:The story revolves around two children along with their friends, who do some mischief to gain a ticket to their dream sea voyage to Rustentia. They were thrown to a place of suffering and mysteries and at last find their home back but with a valuable gift.About the Author:From a girl with undying thirst for knowledge to an experimenter, Afifah Rifai has grown to be an inspirer.The curious and obsessed reader, Afifah is book dragon (not a book worm.. mind it !!) who likes to share her thoughts and dreams to others in the way other mighty authors had inspired her.Currently living in Chennai, the 10 year old author is a native of Thengapattanam and is persuing her studies in Babaji Vidhyashram, ChennaiHer first contribution to her passion was named "Away From Home"“The Curse of Dwindle Canker” is her second experiment and both her titles are available @ Amazon
  • Away from Home

    Arleta Richardson

    Paperback (Chariot Family Pub, June 1, 1985)
    In 1889 two sixteen-year-olds leave their homes to go to the academy in town, where they stay with relatives and enjoy being "grown up."