Run Away Home

by Patricia C. McKissack

Book Overview

Set in the 1880s in a little-known period of black and Native American history, this riveting novel tells the story of a young Apache boy who escapes a train taking him to a reservation, only to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590467514
• ISBN13: 9780590467513
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Vigorous Storytelling

This tale is about African Americans and Native Americans during post Civil War times. Many topics surface, among them voting rights, the Ku Klux Klan, and the tight grip the powerful white community holds over all. Mostly this book is about right and wrong, about ethics and morality in the face of danger. In the foreword, McKissack writes that the story is inspired by her own ancestors, an African American girl and the Native American boy she befriends and later marries. The fictional counterparts are eleven-year-old Sarah and fourteen-year-old Sky, who meet when Sarah discovers Sky hiding in the family barn. He stays with Sarah's family, becoming like a member by the end of the book. This action-packed book was enjoyable because of the fast pace, the setting in rural Missouri, and the believability of the characters. The villains - the Sheriff and other powerful townspeople - were authentically ominous, with their threats of lynching and secretive KKK ties. I would recommend this to any student looking for historical fiction.

Run Away Home

Do you want to read a suspenseful, exciting, partially sad historical fiction book? If you are interested in reading a book about a time when people of a different backround were not given equal rights,then Run Away Home is the perfect choice for you. This book takes place down south in Alabama in the late 1800s.A young girl finds friendship in a Apache child, and they learn important lessons about family, friendship, and racism.

Run Away Home

I thought that Run Away Home was a fabulous book! I enjoyed reading it because it taught me something new while being exciting at the same time. While reading this book for a novel group, I always wanted to read ahead, it was so exciting. The way McKissack wrote this book, she taught young readers how it really was back when but she wrote it in a way that made you want to read. It was like reading the encyclopedia in a very interesting way. Sarah Jane and Sky made the book seem so very real and their friendship really inspires people to really feel like they are their. I give this book five stars!-Christina grade 5 Manning Oaks Elementary

McKissack's Books Are A Hit

Imagine yourself sleeping in a loft all alone, when your parents are sleeping outside with an... Indian Boy! This book called Run Away Home, is a great book about a family that is trying to fight the Klu Klux Klan. But what do they do about it? They do not do anything, but someone else does it for them. One day Sara Jane finds an Indian boy dying of swamp fever inside her Dad's barn. She and her Mom nurse him back to health. For doing this, the Indian boy, known as Sky, helps them fight the Klu Klux Klan. But that's not all. Someone in Sara Jane's family has something terrible happen to them! You will have to find out for yourself what the terrible thing is!

Great historical Book!! :-))

The book was a really good historical book. It showed greatteamwork. I really enjoyed the book, it told a great story.