Run Away With Me
-
-
5.0 • 1 Rating
-
-
- $9.99
-
- $9.99
Publisher Description
Two teenage runaways. One vintage Mustang. A life-changing race across America. So strap in, because this is going to be one hell of a ride.
"Simmering romance . . . revelations and a plot riddled with high stakes." —Publishers Weekly
Jessie 'Mouse' Swift needs to get out of Seattle and fast. A few days ago she admitted to wanting her abusive stepfather dead, only to come home and find his murdered body. So when a girl from school offers Jessie a ride in her vintage red Mustang, they embark on an unexpected road trip across America.
Brooke Summer is everything Jessie isn’t: popular, confident, wealthy and heart-stoppingly beautiful, and Jessie has been in love with her from afar for years. But Brooke is hiding her own secrets . . .
With the cops and other sinister figures on their tail, how long can Jessie and Brooke stay on the run before they’re caught? And as their friendship blossoms into something more, can they find a future worth running to together?
A coming-of-age thriller-romance, perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Casey McQuiston.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Two teens flee fraught circumstances in debut author Simmonds's thrilling evocation of Thelma & Louise. Upon returning home to find her abusive stepfather's corpse, 17-year-old Jessie plots to flee Seattle to avoid being implicated in his death. When her crush—popular, wealthy Brooke—offers Jessie a ride in her vintage Mustang, Jessie readily agrees. As the girls embark on a cross-country road trip to Disney World, they resolve not to pry into each other's reasons for leaving. Along the way, however, Jessie worries that she's being chased by the police. Worse, she notices that a black van starts tailing them following their stopover in Salt Lake City, during which a man attempted to break into their hotel room. While outrunning their pursuers, the teens divulge more about their contrasting backgrounds—Jessie's tense relationship with her single mother and her mom's lousy boyfriends, and Brooke's seemingly charmed life feeling overshadowed by her exceptionally successful siblings—and rely on Brooke's surprising pickpocketing skills to fund their road trip. Simmonds builds lived-in character dynamics using natural-feeling dialogue that smoothly sows the seeds toward the girls' simmering romance, while evenly paced revelations and a plot riddled with high stakes and near misses add grit. The pair reads as white. Ages 14–up.
