Starting from Seneca Falls by Schwabach, Karen 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 790905 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.1 MG Lexile: 720 F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady,|d1815-1902 - Fiction Woman's Rights Convention|d(1848 : - Seneca Falls, N.Y.) - Fiction Large print books Runaway children - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Women's rights - Fiction Seneca Falls (N.Y.) - History|y19th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1848, eleven-year-old Bridie runs away to Seneca Falls, New York, where she meets a free black girl named Rose and gets caught up in Elizabeth Cady Stanton's plans for a women's rights convention. Includes historical notes. Large print hardcover format.

This place is not my home [Brothers]by Bermudez, Cyn 

Paperback(West 44 Books, 2019)

BTSB #: 114465 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
Lexile: 500

Genres: Multicultural Family Life

Subjects: Mexican Americans - Fiction Brothers - Fiction Foster children - Fiction Electronic mail messages - Fiction Runaway children - Fiction

Summary: Victor and Isaac aren't sure how long they'll make it in their foster homes. Isaac is comfortable around his foster parents, but afraid they'll give him up. Victor has just landed in a new, crowded home with lots of rules, and is accused of stealing. The brothers make a secret plan to run away from their foster parents and make a home of their own. Will their plan work, or will they lose everything trying?

Unadoptables by Tooke, Hana 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2020)

BTSB #: 884847 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.4 MG F&P: W

Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Orphans - Fiction Adventure fiction Orphanages - Fiction Runaway children - Fiction Netherlands - Fiction

Summary: Five orphans in Holland under the care of a cruel matron who thinks they're "unadoptable" must make a daring escape across the frozen canals of Amsterdam when a sinister gentleman appears and threatens to tear them apart.

Under a painted sky by Lee, Stacey 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2015)

BTSB #: 556860 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.9 MG RC: 4.5 9-12 Lexile: 730

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Adventure fiction Runaway children - Fiction Gender role - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Oregon National Historic Trail - Fiction West (U.S.) - History|y1848-1860 - Fiction

Summary: In 1845, Sammy, a Chinese American girl, and Annamae, an African American slave girl, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California from Missouri.

Under a painted sky by Lee, Stacey 

Paperback(Putnam, 2015)

BTSB #: 556865 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.9 MG RC: 4.5 9-12 Lexile: 730

Genres:

Subjects: Adventure fiction Runaway children - Fiction Gender role - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Oregon National Historic Trail - Fiction West (U.S.) - History|y1848-1860 - Fiction

Summary: In 1845, Sammy, a Chinese American girl, and Annamae, an African American slave girl, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California from Missouri.

Under the lilacs by Goodale, E. B. 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020)

BTSB #: 385772 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   
Lexile: 590 AD F&P: K

Genres: Fairy Tales

Subjects: Runaway children - Fiction Family life - Fiction Nature - Fiction

Summary: A little girl builds a shelter for herself in her backyard because her mother and sister are too busy for her, but being independent is only fun for a little while.

Unexpected life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts : being an absolutely accurate autobiographical account of my follies, fortunes & fate by Avi 

BTSB Prebound(Algonquin Young Readers, 2017)

BTSB #: 077502 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-13   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.3 3-5 Lexile: 810 F&P: Y

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Runaway children - Fiction Criminals - Fiction Voyages and travels - Fiction Great Britain - History|yGeorge I, 1714-1727 - Fiction

Summary: In 1724 England, twelve-year-old Oliver Cromwell Pitts embarks on a journey from his seaside home in Melcombe Regis to London to find his father and his older sister, a journey filled with thieves, adventurers, and treachery.

Will Sparrow's road by Cushman, Karen 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2012)

BTSB #: 254091 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.3 MG F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Conduct of life - Fiction Freak shows - Fiction Runaway children - Fiction Great Britain - History|y1558-1603, Elizabeth - Fiction

Summary: In 1599 England, twelve-year-old lying, thieving Will Sparrow runs away, meets many colorful characters on the road, and then reluctantly joins a traveling "oddities" exhibit, where he learns to see beyond appearances.