RUNAWAY by WENDELIN VAN DRAANEN

            I am in the middle of the book and I have noticed a theme. The theme that i noticed is, sometimes running away from your problems is the right thing to do. I think that this is one of the themes in Runaway because Holly (the main character) had a hard life at home and Mrs. Bender (her guardian) is always accusing her of stealing things and doing drugs.  Mr. Bender (her other guardian) inappropriately touches her, makes her feel uncomfortable, and forces her to sleep in a cold basement with rarely any food, and she ran away from home.

                 She gathered her stuff together and just left. Holly has ran away from other homes that she was put in before so she knew what to get together in order to survive.  She will do anything she can to stay warm during cold nights outdoors. My point is that Holly faced struggles in her life but every single time she has chose to runaway from them. At least she has her journal with her to keep her some company.