Synopses & Reviews
Twelve-year-old Dani is running away from home, or whats left of home anyway. Her older brother, who had muscular dystrophy, died a few months ago. Then her father left and her parents got divorced. Now home is just Dani and her sad, silent mother, and Danis got to get away. She plans to do something amazing, and go where her parents will never find her: shes going to hike the whole Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine. The trail is a legend in her family, the place where her parents met, fell in love, and got married 14 years before.
Unfortunately for her master plan, her mother doesnt have much trouble figuring out where Danis gone. Now its the two of them, hiking for as long as Dani can manage to persuade her mother to keep going. But Danis got an even longer emotional journey to make—and its one she and her mom need to make together.
From the Hardcover edition.
Synopsis
- A strong heroine and briskly paced plot propel this multilayered novel that reveals an emotional journey along with the physical one; a coming-of-age novel for the active outdoor type and the armchair adventure reader.
About the Author
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley is the author of
Weavers Daughter, a Bank Street College Best Childrens Book of the Year.
From the Hardcover edition.