Books with title Runaway Train

School is out and summer fun is in! When Kera catches Manny in a big fat lie, its sink or swim for their relationship. For Manny, it's sinking fast. For Kera, she's already swimming to shore to someone more interesting, Shane. However, when she learns that Shane is a runaway things get really hectic. Kera finds herself keeping secrets from Dymond and Porsha. When they find out attitudes start to flare! Will they be able to trust again? Has Kera finally had it with Manny? Or, is Shane a temporary fix to help her forget about him?

NO MISTAKES ALLOWEDSonny Tate is a little depressed. Her sister, Coral, a runaway, has been gone for eighteen months now. While her mother consults a psychic, her father doesn't even mention Coral's name. In the meantime, nobody is paying attention to Sonny--except to yell at her or to ground her for the stupidest things.Then her life changes. After helping out the very cool Janna, Sonny is accepted into her clique and that brings on the flirty attentions of Brett, the cutest boy in school. Sonny is flattered until Brett starts spreading nasty rumors about her. Now Sonny is desperate to escape. So she decides to follow in her sister's footsteps and run away, unaware of the consequences. . . .

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Series features historical fiction and includes a nonfiction summary. Each book concludes with a series of activities designed to further explore the subject. Each story concludes in approximately 1,000 words. Each book contains stunning full-color interiors while maintaining an easy-to-read open layout. Reading Level: 2.0 to 3.0. Runaway: The story of a slave. ""I was born a slave. I belong to the master. But tonight I will escape and I will never go back.

"It's a cold, hard, cruel fact that my mother loved heroin more than she loved me."Holly is in her fifth foster home in two years and she's had enough. She's run away before and always been caught quickly. But she's older and wiser now--she's twelve--and this time she gets away clean.Through tough and tender and angry and funny journal entries, Holly spills out her story. We travel with her across the country--hopping trains, scamming food, sleeping in parks or homeless encampments. And we also travel with her across the gaping holes in her heart--as she finally comes to terms with her mother's addiction and death. Runaway is a remarkably uplifting portrait of a girl still young and stubborn and naive enough to hold out hope for finding a better place in the world, and within herself, to be.From the Hardcover edition.