OLDER FICTION
(3) YA Legally blind Agnes, stifled by her protective parents, and Bo, who has a bad reputation and a drug-addicted mother, together run away from their small Kentucky town one night. In alternating chapters, Agnes provides backstory for the friendship and Bo narrates in present tense. Supported by its vivid setting and matter-of-fact portrayal of a disability, this is an intense story about a passionate friendship.

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