Books with title The Runaway

Rider the Runaway is set in a future of climate change.Have you sometimes thought of running away from home? You might have a tough time out in the world if you do. Saskia--alias Rider--barely a fourteen-year-old, inspired by riding on a dragon in a dream and longing to see the ocean, runs away.She is lucky to find a nice person, Jeff, to help her. But Rider has to fight a bully, run from kidnappers, and survive a bushfire too.When she meets up with her mother again, they reach a surprising agreement about Rider's future.

A bumpin' thumpin' rhyming picture book about the delicious fate of a gigantic pumpkin on the run--now available in Scholastic Bookshelf!When Buck, Billy, and their little sister Lil spy the biggest pumpkin they've ever seen, they can't resist. Buck and Billy try to roll the pumpkin down the hill to show everyone, but it's too big! Before they know it, it's bumping and thumping and rolling down the hillside out of control. This read aloud Halloween treat is perfect for kids and families.

A runaway can’t outrun her troubles in this spine-tingling installment in R.L. Stine’s bestselling Fear Street series—now with a fresh new look!Shadyside. It sounded like such a nice town, the perfect place for a runaway like Felicia. Nobody here would know about her dark powers. Nobody would know what she’s done. For once, she could be a normal girl. She could be safe. But someone in Shadyside discovers Felicia’s secret. Someone finds out about the awful things her powers made her do. Felicia doesn’t want to run away again. But if she stays, she might lose control. And then people would start to die.

'Everyone knows dragons don’t exist...'The arrival of bossy Aunt Angelica in Ollie and Alice’s woodland camp causes all sorts of problems. Finally Ollie can stand it no longer. To the horror of the dragon families, he disappears!There’s a real danger he will be discovered by Humans. Can he be found before it’s too late?Where is Des when he’s most needed?It’s Emily and Alice to the rescue!This is the fourth of the Dragon Tales Chronicles. Written by Judy Hayman and beautifully illustrated by Caroline Wolfe Murray, this enchanting series of tales about a Scottish Blue family of dragons living in the Highlands of Scotland, trying to avoid being discovered by Humans, is perfect for children aged 6 to 10.

The Runaways is an inter-generational adventure filled with warmth and humor from one of the world's great writers for children. Grandpa hates being in hospital. He thinks only of the place he was happiest―the island where he used to live. He wants to go back, but they won't let him out of the hospital. So Gottfried Junior, his namesake, helps Grandpa make a plan to run away. They think of everything. Their deception is so complete that when Gottfried Junior finally decides to tell the truth, no one believes him.

Emerson Watts is on the run: from school, from her family and from herself. She's reeling from the shock that Nikki, the girl whose body her brain was forced to inhabit, is still alive. And she's furious. Manipulative Brandon plans to use Em to discover a secret that will ensure his success, whilst Christopher is out for revenge, fuelled by his jealousy. With everyone around her playing a dangerous game, maybe Em should just keep on running . . .Runaway is the final book in the fashion-tastic and hilarious trilogy from the queen of teen fiction Meg Cabot.

Mila is a waif-like runaway with a dark secret and a fearsome will to survive.Recruited by a powerful, arms-dealing drug lord against her will, Mila is groomed to seduce and ultimately assassinate the drug lord's fiercest rival for power.Only Alexan Casimir - the drug lord's achingly handsome and enigmatic right hand man and heir - holds the key to Mila's survival in a high stakes play for power.Fusing sexual tension with breathtakingly romantic, action-packed writing, The Runaway (volume 1 in the new Mila and Alexan series) is your new high octane guilty reading pleasure.

Do you trust me?Those four, simple words would transform seventeen-year-old Hallie Romano's life.After Hallie and gorgeous, lifelong friend, Jackson, witnesses a brutal murder, she has to make a decision--should she trust Jackson and run away, or stay behind and deal with the fallout of what she has witnessed? Haunted by the crime, Hallie flees in search of safety and freedom.On the run, she attempts to seek some kind of normalcy while keeping one step ahead in a twisted game of chase where she and Jackson are the hunted. Besides the fact that her father is a mob boss who ordered the hit, the most difficult obstacle for Hallie to overcome is her growing attraction to Jackson.Will they ever make a new life for themselves and move forward despite the dangerous world they left behind?

This princess can't resist the lure of adventure, but her parents aren't quite on board in this fantastical graphic novel perfect for fans of Princess in Black and Phoebe and Her Unicorn!Robin? Robin? Robin?! Where are you?She couldn't have gone far. . . .Princesses don't run away to have their own adventures. Right? Princesses stay quietly and obediently at home. They would never want mermaids and swamps and pirates and getting kidnapped to be a part of their lives. Not this princess!Adventures await when Robin (bored of princess-ing all the time) embarks on the best adventure of her life--meeting friends along the way as she travels through the magical landscape of her country. But her parents aren't so pleased--and they're coming to find her and bring her back to the castle, no matter how she feels about it!

For Harry's latest invention, he's building a super robot. He even programs the robot to do some of his household chores! But when Harry brings his robot to school, things don't go exactly as planned. The robot seems to have a mind of his own! Can Harry regain control of his invention before it causes chaos all over Parker Elementary? This early chapter book from the Superhero Harry series includes a glossary, discussion questions, writing prompts, and bios.