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Kody Keplinger, Author

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Publication date: July 14, 2016

Category: Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage)

ISBN: 9781444932706

Bo Dickinson is a girl with a wild reputation, a deadbeat dad, and an alcoholic mom. Everyone in town knows the Dickinsons are a bad lot, but Bo doesn’t care what anyone thinks.

Agnes Atwood has never stayed out past ten p.m., never gone on a date and never broken any of her parents’ overbearing rules. Rules that are meant to protect their legally blind daughter – but Agnes isn’t quite sure what they are protecting her from.

Despite everything, Bo and Agnes become best friends. And it’s the sort of friendship that runs truer and deeper than anything else.
So when Bo shows up in the middle of the night, police sirens wailing in the distance, desperate to get out of town, Agnes doesn’t hesitate to take off with her. But running away and not getting caught will require stealing a car, tracking down Bo’s dad, staying ahead of the authorities, and – worst of all – confronting some ugly secrets.
A story about the ferocity of friendship and the risks we’ll take to save our friends … And ourselves.

Reviews

The powerful friendship is what sings in Keplinger's novel, even as secrets start emerging

Bustle.com

Kody Keplinger

Kody Keplinger is the author of several books for young adult and middle grade readers, including the New York Times bestseller The DUFF, which was adapted as a major motion picture in 2015. She currently lives in New York City with her German Shepherd and two black cats. Kody teaches writing classes at the Gotham Writers’ Workshop. You can find out more at her website, kodykeplinger.com, or on Twitter, @Kody_Keplinger.