The Runaways

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Book Overview

Three unhappy kids who are stuck in the Nevada desert in 1951 think running away will solve their problems. Dani O'Donnell is stuck in the middle of the desert, in gruesome Rattler Springs. She knows... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440415128
• ISBN13: 9780440415121
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

We love the book Runaway's

We think this is a good book to read because it has a lot of adventure in it. Billions of kids will love it. We give this book a thumbs up. We loved the part when Dani, Pixie, and Stormy we're trying to run away forever back to Sea Grove. We also liked how the narrarator used the beautiful words. Read the book it's great.

Our Runaways Reveiw

We are a girl and a boy in the fourth. The story Runaways is about an adventure. The adventure is about two girls and a boy named Pixie, Dani, and Stormy, when they try to run away.They think Pixie's parents are mad scientists. Dani's mother, Linda, thinks that Stormy's mother is mistreating him. Read about the adventures of these funny kids while they try to raise money to run away!

Runaways

The book "The runaways" is about a 12 year-old girl named Dani. She wants to runaway back to Sea Grove where it's better where there's a better view. She lives in Rattler Springs in the middle of a desert where it's so ugly. Her friend Stormy wants to run away with her, but she doesn't have enough money for two bus tickets. A new kid in town named Pixie overheard Dani talking about the plans for leaving. Know she want's to run away. Now they definetly don't have enough money, that soon changes. After Pixies birthday, they get $110! Their plans fail, but the good thing is that Dani gets another house that is better even though she is still in Rattler Springs. Pixie is going back to her grandma's house. Stormy stays with Dani in her house.

Excellent

Runaways is a story of 3 unhappy kids, from 3 different families, who come together with plans to run away from home, each for their own reason. The story is set in April of 1951. Twelve-year-old Dani decides to run away. A nine-year-old boy named Stormy, who always turns up to scare Dani senseless, finds out about Dani's plan to runaway. He tells Dani to let him go or he will tell on him. Dani has no choice but to take him along. Stormy, of course has his own reasons for wanting to go along. Than a new girl named Pixie moves to town and attaches herself to Dani and Stormy. Soon she figures out their plan and invites herself along. Dani and Stormy are suspicious of Pixie because she is a very strange girl, and also the biggest liar in town. You will follow along on their adventures and mishaps. And along the way see the lesson they all learn from this experience. Kids, you will understand the feelings these kids have and what they go through. A good book for Children ages 10 and up.

The Latest Book by Snyder!

This brand spankin new book feels like modern times even though it takes place in the 50s. The girl Dani and her friends Stormy develop an elaborate plan to runaway. Soon, Pixie, a strange girl with weird parents comes too. This book is full of irony and humor. I recommend it to anyone who feels down in the dumps.