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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-100142422908
ISBN-139780142422908
eBay Product ID (ePID)167788798
Product Key Features
Book TitleJourney Back
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicTravel, Family / Parents, Sports & Recreation / Camping & Outdoor Activities, Social Themes / Physical & Emotional Abuse (See Also Social Themes / Sexual Abuse), General, People & Places / United States / General, Social Themes / Runaways
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorPriscilla Cummings
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight7 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"An exciting, thoughtful story." - VOYA "This high-action journey has suspense to spare, and the continual near misses will keep readers cheering for Digger." - Booklist, "An exciting, thoughtful story." -- VOYA "This high-action journey has suspense to spare, and the continual near misses will keep readers cheering for Digger." -- Booklist
Grade FromFifth Grade
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
SynopsisA teenage boy faces his past and seeks redemption in the gripping companion book to Red Kayak Nine months in a juvenile detention facility was the punishment for his crime. After just a month he makes a bold escape that nearly kills him and soon an angry fourteen-year-old Digger is on the run. When injuries stop him, Digger hides at a riverside campground, where he befriends a young boy and a girl his own age. New friends, a job caring for rescued horses, and risking his life to save another make Digger realize that the journey back is not just about getting home. But he come to terms with his troubled past and face what he's really running from?