The Runaway
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This book is about a girl named McKenna who runs away because she has a horrible house hold and abusive crude parents. Yet, when she runs away she realizes something. Find out what that something is in "The Runaway". She also has to go through many things at school and try to hide everything from her classmates, teachers, and friends. Also find out how she deals with this. Also, even though McKenna has to go through a lot of stuff there is still humor and other categories in this book. Hope you enjoy!
For those of you who cant tell, my title says "I'm gonna SMILE like nothings wrong, PRETEND like everything's all right, ACT like its all perfect, even though inside it really HURTS." -The Runaway
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