Hemphill, H.
(2007). Runaround. Asheville, N.C: Front Street.
Have you even
been in love? If not, would you like to be? You will fall in love with the eleven-year-old
main character, Sassy, who is ready for love herself. Except there is a problem… she’s
not sure how to get a boy to like her! Read along and laugh, cry, and be
thoroughly embarrassed with Sassy as she tries her best to find the kind of
love she reads about (secretly) in her favorite “Love Confessions” magazines. Without
a mother to ask her questions to, Sassy enlists the help of those around her. Ms.
Dallas, the baby-sitter, Lula her older sister, and her father have their own
(and very different) ways of teaching Sassy about love, but nothing prepares
her for the whirlwind that is Boon Chisholm. With his older-than-her charms,
reputation around town, and flirty demeanor, she’s sure to find what she’s
looking for. Or won’t she? Although this novel is set in the 1960’s, in the
heart of Kentucky, nothing about love and life has changed. Anybody who reads
this is sure to relate to the loveable, yet tomboyish Sassy, who is on her
quest for love. Sassy finally gets the nerve to tell Boon how she feels…
“Finally, she
drew a heart on clean paper and wrote in a clear, solid hand. ST + BC Forever.
Do you feel the same?”
Will Sassy find
true love?
Read Helen
Hemphill’s Runaround to find out the
answer, along with discovering all of the bumps in the road of finding your first love,
growing up, and discovering what all the fuss is about.
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