Run Away Home
AuthorPatricia McKissack
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's literature, Historical novel, US history
Published1997 (Scholastic)
Media typePrint (hardback, paperback)
Pages160
ISBN9780590467513
OCLC35620346

Run Away Home is a 1997 book by Patricia McKissack. Set in the late 19th century, it is about an African-American girl, Sarah Jane, who finds an Apache boy in the family barn and the subsequent affects on their lives.

Reception

School Library Journal, in a review of Run Away Home, wrote "Grabbing readers with wonderful characters, an engaging plot, and vital themes, McKissack weaves a compelling story of cultural clash, tragedy, accommodation, and ultimate triumph.‘"[1] while Booklist found it a "generally fast-paced story flags occasionally when information-heavy dialogue intrudes." and concluded "The happy ending ties things up too neatly, but this story is fine for the undemanding reader who wants an old-fashioned, feel-good saga."[1]

Run Away Home has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,[2] and The Horn Book Magazine.[3]

Awards

  • 1997 CCBC Choice[4]
  • 1999-2000 Young Hoosier Intermediate (4-6) Award - nominee[5]
  • 2000 NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K to Grade 6[6]
  • 2001 NCTE Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Run away home". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Run Away Home". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. September 29, 1997. Retrieved March 8, 2017. McKissack's skillful presentation of the obstacles confronting minorities after the Civil War makes this not only a captivating tale, but a comprehensive introduction to a pivotal period in U.S. history.
  3. ↑ Run Away Home. Scholastic. 1998. ISBN 978-0-590-46751-3. Retrieved March 8, 2017. McKissack knows how to pace a story, create suspense, and interweave per-iod details of the late nine-teenth century into a coherent narrative. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ Kathleen T. Horning; Ginny Moore Kruse; Megan Schliesman (1998). CCBC Choices 1997: Fiction for Children (PDF). Friends of the CCBC Inc. p. 57. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  5. ↑ "1974-2016 YHBA Nominations" (PDF). ilfonline.org. Indiana Library Federation. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  6. ↑ Kathryn Mitchell Pierce, ed. (2000). Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K--Grade 6 - Exploring Our Past (PDF). NCTE. p. 66. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ Junko Yokota, ed. (2001). Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8 - History and Historical Fiction (PDF). NCTE. p. 61. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
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