The Runaway

At Buttermilk Falls, fourteen-year-old Rodney Roverton watches his tears fall between his fingers as his friend describes life at sea. Could a ship really offer more freedom than home—or only a more dangerous kind of trouble?

In Albany in 1828, while Sunday bells call the town to church, Rodney and Will Manton slip away to the creek. Rodney hates the leather-working trade chosen for him and longs to roam the world; Will, already set on running away, makes a sailor’s life sound glorious. But Rodney has a loving mother and grandmother to leave behind, and the thought of vanishing without a word frightens him almost as much as the prospect of years at the workbench. When Will’s dream becomes real, can Rodney resist the pull of adventure—or will his friend’s daring choice decide his own?

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