Run Away Home
{{Short description|1997 book by Patricia McKissack}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Run Away Home
| image = Run Away Home.jpg| caption =
| author = Patricia McKissack
| illustrator =
| country = USA
| language = English
| genre = Children's literature, Historical novel, US history
| published = 1997 (Scholastic)
| media_type = Print (hardback, paperback)
| pages = 160
| isbn = 9780590467513
| oclc = 35620346
}}
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." 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."{{cite web |url=https://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/948726/Reviews#tabnav |title=Run away home |website=Buffalo and Erie County Public Library |access-date=March 8, 2017}}
Run Away Home has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-590-46751-3 |title=Run Away Home |quote= 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. |date=September 29, 1997 |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=PWxyz LLC|access-date=March 8, 2017}} and The Horn Book Magazine.{{cite book |url=https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/60132082_run_away_home |title=Run Away Home |quote=McKissack knows how to pace a story, create suspense, and interweave per-iod details of the late nine-teenth century into a coherent narrative. |date=1998 |website=kcls.bibliocommons.com |publisher=Scholastic |isbn=978-0-590-46751-3 |access-date=March 8, 2017}}
Awards
- 1997 CCBC Choice{{cite book |url=https://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/handle/1793/6631/CHOICES1997.pdf?sequence=1 |title=CCBC Choices 1997: Fiction for Children |author=Kathleen T. Horning |author2=Ginny Moore Kruse |author3=Megan Schliesman |date=1998 |page=57 |publisher=Friends of the CCBC Inc. |access-date=March 12, 2017}}
- 1999-2000 Young Hoosier Intermediate (4-6) Award - nominee{{cite web |url=http://www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/YHBA/1974-2016YHBANomineeList.pdf |title=1974-2016 YHBA Nominations |website=ilfonline.org |publisher=Indiana Library Federation |access-date=March 12, 2017}}
- 2000 NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K to Grade 6{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/download/ERIC_ED437668/ERIC_ED437668.pdf |title=Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K--Grade 6 - Exploring Our Past |page=66 |editor=Kathryn Mitchell Pierce |date=2000 |publisher=NCTE |access-date=March 12, 2017}}
- 2001 NCTE Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/download/ERIC_ED454524/ERIC_ED454524.pdf |title=Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8 - History and Historical Fiction |page=61 |editor=Junko Yokota |date=2001 |publisher=NCTE |access-date=March 12, 2017}}
References
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Category:1997 children's books
Category:American children's books