The Journey Back
Paperback – Illustrated, October 3, 2013
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · October 3, 2013
A 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.
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- Who it’s for
- A tense story of escape and responsibility, where getting home means facing the past.
- Themes
- Redemption, Friendship, Confronting the past
- Pacing
- Fast
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A 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.
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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?
A Hard-Won Return
A tense story of escape and responsibility, where getting home means facing the past.
Come here for
- A young fugitive’s search for a way back
- A redemption story shaped by new friendships and rescued horses
Expect
- Tension balanced with moments of connection
- A journey toward accountability, not an easy escape
Where it sits
| Growing Up | 81% |
|---|---|
| Runaway Stories | 60% |
| Survival Stories | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Parent-Child Stories
- Abuse & Healing
- Runaway Stories
- Authors
- Priscilla Cummings
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- October 3, 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Redemption · Friendship · Confronting the past
- Reading lane
- Parent-Child Stories