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From three-time Newbery Medal winner Zilpha Keatley Snyder comes the story of three desperate kids who just want to run awayDani O’Donnell hates the dusty desert town of Rattler Springs and the ramshackle cabin where she lives with her widowed mother. On the eve of her thirteenth birthday, Dani hatches a plan to run away and return home to Sea Grove, California, with its palm trees and ocean breezes.But her scheme gets complicated when Stormy Arigotti, a dyslexic nine-year-old, decides he wants in. As if that weren’t enough, a big-city family just set up shop on the rundown ranch Dani’s mother inherited from her husband—and the daughter, Pixie Smithson, wants to join the runaway group. Pixie’s the strangest girl Dani has ever met, but now they have to think about practical things, like raising money for three bus tickets.For Dani, Stormy, and Pixie, running away might not turn out to be the great adventure they envisioned.This ebook features an extended biography of Zilpha Keatley Snyder.

Young readers will love the latest novel from three-time Newbery Honor winner Zilpha Keatley Snyder:Dani O'Donnell can't wait to get out of her new home town, Rattler Springs, out in the middle of the desert. All she wants to do is get back to California where she belongs. So just before she turns 13, Dani plans her escape. But things get complicated when 9-year-old Stormy wants to go, and so does the new rich girl in town, Pixie. When this threesome finally resolves to go, they must face what running away really means, and the true reason they are going.

Three unhappy kids who are stuck in the Nevada desert in 1951 think running away will solve their problems.Dani O'Donnell is stuck in the middle of the desert, in gruesome Rattler Springs. She knows the desert hates her, and she returns the favor in spades. All she wants to do is get back to California, but she and her mother are too broke to move. Just before her 13th birthday, Dani decides to run away. But before she can get anywhere, 9-year-old Stormy decides he's going, too. Now Dani must come up with money for two bus tickets.Dani and Stormy are busy earning money when Pixie moves to town. She is the strangest girl--and the biggest liar--Dani has ever met, but she's also rich. She wants to run away too, and she gets them the money they need. Now they each must face what running away will mean--and why they're really doing it.