Running Away for Beginners
By (Author) Mark Illis
Illustrated by Scholastic
Scholastic
Scholastic
14th March 2024
14th March 2024
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Runaways
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Cancer
Childrens / Teenage emotions: Sadness, unhappiness, disappointment
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Paperback
304
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 24mm
210g
You cant run from bad news. Or can you Jasper, 14, was just diagnosed with cancer. Treatment starts in a week and his parents want him to carry on as normal. But Jasper knows thats impossible, and his friends help organise a weekend trip to the seaside to get away from everything. Itll be like running away for beginners, they joke. But as the journey goes on, things dont go as planned and everyones secrets come out. All, that is, except Jaspers own secret: that when its time to go back home, he wont be going with them.