Runaway

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 ·      This book is called __Runaway__ by Wendelin Van Draanen. The main characters name is Holly.She is a very kind girl but people are mean to her.She is a "sea gypsy."The setting takes place in the summer in Riverside,California there is alot of cement there and alot of homeless people.Most of the people there are snobs and only care about themselfs.Then the rest of the people just mind there bussinesses.There are a couple of beaches and the water is very discusting.

 ·  "The theme of Runaway is that it is hard for Holly to find love without a family or a home. "And here i am in the laundry-room lockdown again for being a bad girl." (on Pg. 8)  ·   "The Climax of this story is when Holly met Vera and Meg and finally found a family she could love and that could give her a good education. An example is when Holly said that she can trust them and she let them read her whole journal but they would never call social services so because of that Meg and Vera would fight to keep Holly, because they __love__ her."  ·  The internal conflict of this story is that Holly doesn't have a place to sleep and she doesn't want to have to starve. She thinks that no one will ever love her, but who knows, maybe she will find the right family! "And an example of this is when she went to the food pantry and they gave her free food because they new that she didnt have food to eat!"  ·   The external conflict is when Meg and Vera told Holly that they would do whatever so that she could get better grades and tutor her so she goes way farther in life. An example of this is when they said "They promise that they will tutor Holly if she has trouble catching up." (pg. 234)