The Runaways
Apr 2011 · Random House
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Julia and Nathan have no friends to speak of. They're misfits of Mrs Henrey's class - awlays the last to be picekd for the team, and always without a partner. Then they discover a stash of money in a deserted house and suddenly, instant popularity seems just around the corner. But so is trouble, in the shape of the adults who start asking difficult questions. There is only one thing the pair can do now, and that is to run away!
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James Daft
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28 August 2023
Great story. Read this myself as a child and just finished reading it to my children. Very nostalgic, a lovely relationship between two misfits.
Rachel Thomas
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6 September 2013
Read it.several times.as.a teenager... Re-wrote the.story for a year 8 essay we had to.do... Loved the friendship they developed and the exciting.adventures they went through... always was gonna do exactly that if I ever had of run.away..!
Georgia Erica (Georgia)
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31 July 2023
One of my favourite books growing up!
About the author
Ruth Thomas was born in Wellington, Somerset, in 1927. She received a BA Honours Degree in English and a Diploma in Education from Bristol University and went on to teach in a number of primary schools in the East End of London. Ruth began writing soon after she retired in 1985. Her first novel The Runaways won The Guardian Children's Fiction Award. This was followed by four further critically acclaimed novels including The Secret, which was televised by Thames Television. She died in 2011.
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