The Runaway's Diary [Paperback]

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067141304X
• ISBN-13: 978-0671413040
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,660,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Out of Print?!?!, April 13, 2001

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"asylum232000" (Ocala, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Runaway's Diary (Paperback)

I read this in Middle School & loved it so much I passed it around to everyone I knew...(which is why I don't have it now!) Now that I'm 34, I could do with another reading. I've been wracking my brain trying to find something to pull my own two children (9 & 12) back from the brink of MTV/PlayStation induced desensitization. (Not that there's anything inherently wrong w/MTV or PlayStation. I recognize that artists & producers need to shock to remain commercial.)I tried Tolkein, but they're not interested if it's not a video game. And, no offense intended, but Harry Potter just doesn't fit the bill. (Though,Rudyard Kipling's Jabberwocky has been a family favorite for generations.) I've never met anyone who'd ever heard of Runaway's Diary before, I'm so glad to know others are keeping it alive even though it's out of print. Now off to find that hard-to-find Robert E. Howard colletion of 3 short stories "The IronMan".

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very impressed by the girl's spirit of independence., April 9, 1999

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Hirotsugu Wada (Meguro-ku, Tokyo Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Runaway's Diary (Paperback)

I can not understand why this book is out of print. I had read it in japanese translation and now want to read it again in original english version. The girl went out to the road with her dog and a copy of Walden. On the road, she met several kind of people. The diary describe her reflective and contemplating thinkings triggered by each day's experience and by reading the Walden. Calm mind and hard spirit of independence. Hunger and coldness sometimes weaken her determination but she endure them. It would be better to fall on the road facing toward tomorrow. The girl is not a runaway but a worrior on her warpath to herself.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, December 8, 1999

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Shadow (Oregon coast. U.S.A) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Runaway's Diary (Paperback)

I first read this book back in high school, A time when most of us look inward to find just who we are, Cat's honesty with herself is refreshing and inspiring. I have kept a copy of this book over the years and still read it now and then, It never fails to inspire me to be more then I think I can be, this book would be great reading for all kids.