Books with title Runaway Ralph

A cow and a runaway train are on a collision course. How will it all end? The captain is indisposed and there's no one left to pilot the train. But a train mostly drives itself, right? What could possibly go wrong? And with that, Cordell Barker's allegorical tale of greed, ignorance and the social cost of self-importance is away! Adapted from the 2009 animated short of the same name, Runaway is a rollicking and fast-paced comic that is short on dialogue, big on laughs and ends with a bang. Pleasingly devoid of any pedantic tendencies, Barker's story, expertly adapted for the page by children's author Sarah Howden, comes alive with visual jokes, poignant pauses and plenty of action. Rendered in Barker's signature, energetic illustration style, and set in an era of steamer cars and top hats, Runaway is a heavy-duty story cleverly disguised as a simple comedy of errors. National Film Board of Canada Collection In the tradition of the NFB's creative and innovative storytelling on film comes the National Film Board of Canada Collection: a series of celebrated animated films, documentary films and media projects adapted for the printed page. Whether discovering a much-loved classic for the first time or interacting with a favorite film in a new and exciting way, readers will be delighted with the thought-provoking stories and inventive presentations of the National Film Board of Canada Collection.

Jessica's had it with Sweet Valley.Jessica Wakefield is sick and tired of taking second place to her twin sister, Elizabeth. Everyone adores Elizabeth; she's kind and loving and generous. But Jessica can't seem to do anything right.Then Jessica meets handsome, sensitive Nicky Shepard, who feels the same way she does. Nicky is running away to San Francisco and wants Jessica to join him. At first she doesn't take him seriously. But when things reach the breaking point at home, Jessica starts to see that she might be better off if she left Sweet Valley--forever!

Surprised by Adrian's sudden disappearance, Ria is determined to find him, even if that means she has to trust her brother and go to her father's party. However, soon she realizes that her father, as the president of the newly-founded Element Preservers Organization, plays a big role in the future of not only magic disease carriers, but also everyone with an element. As the secrets surrounding the magic disease and elements are revealed, Ria doesn't know who she can trust. But when an ex-lover turns into an enemy and a tragic accident changes everything, it’s impossible to just run away.The second book in Element Preservers series.Element Preservers series reading order (complete):DANGEROUS (Book 1)RUNAWAY (Book 2)DIVIDED (Book 3)NO ONE (Book 3.5)RESTLESS (Book 4)INDESTRUCTIBLE (Book 5)

What’s a seventeen year old guy supposed to do when his parents are constantly arguing and engaging in the divorce battle of the century?Drink beer.Relax by himself.Take a driver’s exam.Hang out with the only real friend he ever had, and is now falling in love with. Her middle name is trouble. Jason Sommers doesn’t want to end up like his parents --forever fighting about trivial matters--but with Oshi, a self-styled princess from the past, he has no choice. She gets under his skin in a big way.She’s a law to herself. In her eyes, she can do no wrong. She thinks she knows everything when she doesn’t.Is she real or is she a figment of Jason’s imagination?A driver’s license will allow him to run away from his parents, Oshi, and his problems. Oshi, however, is making trouble for him in the back seat and the examiner thinks the young driver is talking to himself. Will Jason ace the test and make good on his promise to run away for good?Excerpt:Frankly, Oshi was a devil. Seventeen year old Jason Sommers wasn't sure whether to love her or hate her. His safest bet was to tell her that he at least liked her. A lot. If he didn’t, she might lock him up inside a tree trunk, and there was no telling but that he might be there for hundreds of years. Oshi claimed she’d been stuck in one for two centuries, through no fault of her own. He didn’t believe her though. If she had been as mischievous then as she was now, no wonder the sorcerer had thought it was a good idea to give her some cooling off time. However, his notion of locking her away hadn’t worked. Oshi still got into everything. Luckily for Jason, she wasn’t with him now."Are you ready for your driver's test?" his father asked, keeping his eyes on the mid-afternoon traffic. Mr. Sommers navigated onto the I-5 ramp. Jason hoped he wouldn't be asked to jump onto the freeway during the practical exam. With Oshi at his side giving not so practical advice, he'd practiced and practiced driving the mini-van. But he was still uncomfortable with entering the freeway with other people on the passenger seat beside him. Normally Jason would have nodded but he figured the movement would have been wasted on his dad since the older man's focus was on the road. Instead, he said, "Yeah." He didn’t add everything would be fine—as long as Oshi didn't come along. She had a habit of throwing him out of kilter simply when she was around.She didn't look or act like an average seventeen year old. She twisted her midnight-black hair into two long braids and wore a leather headband woven with multi-colored beads. A real eagle feather jutted out from the band and her mid-knee dress was made of soft tanned leather. The kids at Woodlawn High thought she looked real cool as she acted out the part of a Native American princess, but Jason knew she was the real thing. And, he thought she had the hots for him. Which was ridiculous. He didn’t like girls. Your problems began when you started liking them. You couldn’t do anything wrong, or try as you would, right either. His mom and dad were living proof.Her name was interesting too. With a straight face, she claimed Oshoni meant 'Messing with Spirits'. Jason couldn't decide whether she was being serious or not. Most of the time, she wasn't and she seemed to enjoy getting him into mega trouble.4200 words

A planet in trouble. One boy destined to save them.Alex’s world is turned upside down the day he discovers a strange weapon in his classroom. Convinced he’s responsible for the death of a teacher, he flees. But when he stumbles upon a spaceship from another planet while on the run, he soon realises the police are not the only ones hunting him. Can he learn to trust an alien race in order to fulfil the prophecy? Join Alex on his sci-fi adventure that will take young readers to another dimension.

A runaway slave boy, the Underground Railroad, a land without shadows. Robbed of his emancipation by his master’s widow, a literate 14-year-old slave boy flees into the prairie. His journey crosses a territory ripped apart in conflict over slavery: stolen elections, printing presses thrown in the river, church houses nailed shut. But folk stories and campfire songs help him find conductors on the Underground Railroad. Slavecatchers dog his trail, but before the runaway can cross the river to freedom, he must first place his faith in an illiterate freewoman.