Run Home
A Graphic Memoir
Roaring Brook Press · Print & ebook · January 27, 2026
This heartrending graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez (Big Apple Diaries) is a moving and unforgettable story about inner strength, healing, and finding hope.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in a teen's adjustment to a new school and stepfamily
- Themes
- Inner strength and healing, Finding hope, Family illness and loss
- Pacing
- Steady
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This heartrending graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez (Big Apple Diaries) is a moving and unforgettable story about inner strength, healing, and finding hope. It’s 2002, and 14-year-old Alyssa is a freshman at a new high school where she knows NO ONE and the uniforms are hideous! What a disaster... Even worse? Her parents are forcing her to join the cross-country team. No one needs to run, or sweat, this much! Over time though, Alyssa actually starts to like running.
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She’s getting better with practice, and some of the girls on the team are really nice. Alyssa begins to find a steady rhythm with high school, cross country, and her new stepfamily. But Alyssa’s dad is sick, and she doesn’t know what to do. When the worst thing imaginable happens, Alyssa will need to count on her friends, family, and herself to keep running forward.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in a teen's adjustment to a new school and stepfamily
- Readers interested in healing after family loss through friendship and running
Where it sits
| Comics Biographies | 96% |
|---|---|
| Growing Up (Adolescence) | 69% |
| New Experiences | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Growing Up (Adolescence)
- New Experiences
- Comics Biographies
- Authors
- Alyssa Bermudez
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Published
- January 27, 2026
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Inner strength and healing · Finding hope · Family illness and loss
- Reading lane
- Growing Up (Adolescence)