Publication

2019-11-06 - Thorndike Striving Reader

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Word Count

62250 words, Guess

Page Count

249 pages

Physical Format

Library Binding

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101432869477
  • ISBN-139781432869472
  • Better World Books9781432869472
  • Better World BooksO9-AVI-350
  • Open LibraryOL32429976M

Description

Beverly put her foot down on the gas. They went faster still. This was what Beverly wanted — what she always wanted. To get away. To get away as fast as she could. To stay away. Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it’s not running away. It’s leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never cared about anyone but herself. Beverly doesn’t want to depend on anyone, and she definitely doesn’t want anyone to depend on her. But despite her best efforts, she can’t help forming connections with the people around her — and gradually, she learns to see herself through their eyes. In a touching, funny, and fearless conclusion to her sequence of novels about the beloved Three Rancheros, #1 New York Times best-selling author Kate DiCamillo tells the story of a character who will break your heart and put it back together again.

Subjects

Topics

Family, fictionRunaways, fictionChildren's fictionFriendship, fictionNew York Times bestsellernyt:childrens-middle-grade-hardcover=2019-10-13

Places

FloridaTamaray Beach

Times

1979

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