The Runaway Summer

Name: The Runaway Summer
Author: Nina Bawden

by Nina Bawden

Teenage girl escapes her troubled home for a summer of self-discovery

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Nina Bawden

Nina Bawden was a British author who wrote more than forty novels for adults and children, blending realistic domestic detail with genuine suspense. Carrie's War, based partly on her own wartime evacuation experience, became a classic of British children's fiction.

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