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166 pp.
| Farrar/Foster |
March, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-374-34994-0$$16.00
(2)
4-6
Full of anger that his parents are separating, eleven-year-old Charlie only intends to run away for a day or two but ends up accepting a ride with Doo, a fourteen-year-old runaway who's planning to drive to L.A. to find her father. Charlie's journey from his sheltered, secure world to the drug-infested streets of L.A. is compellingly told, and his odd-couple friendship with reckless Doo unfolds naturally. This is an engaging novel about accepting fallibility in those we love--and in ourselves.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
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March, 2000