Publication

2011 - Viking, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

81,000 words, Guess

Page Count

324 pages

Identifiers

and 5 more
  • OCLC Control Number681488382
  • Better World BooksW6-CHB-830
  • Better World Books9780670022816
  • Better World BooksP6-ARG-807
  • Open LibraryOL26885970M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPS3613.A36 B67 2011
  • LCCPS3613.A36B67 2011

Description

Lucy Hull, a young children's librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both a kidnapper and kidnapped when her favorite patron, ten-year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. The precocious Ian is addicted to reading, but needs Lucy's help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly antigay classes with celebrity Pastor Bob. Lucy stumbles into a moral dilemma when she finds Ian camped out in the library after hours with a knapsack of provisions and an escape plan. Desperate to save him from Pastor Bob and the Drakes, Lucy allows herself to be hijacked by Ian. The odd pair embarks on a crazy road trip from Missouri to Vermont, with ferrets, an inconvenient boyfriend, and upsetting family history thrown in their path. But is it just Ian who is running away? Who is the man who seems to be on their tail? And should Lucy be trying to save a boy from his own parents?

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