Reading Blog #4 Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen

          In Runaway, the main character is 12 year old Holly. Runaway is about Holly never finding somewhere to stay. She was always on the run trying to find a family that would not call her in or report her to the police. She didn't have her parents anymore so all she really had was herself and her thoughts.  Her internal conflict in Runaway is finding herself. She has no one to teach her right from wrong and has to learn all on her own. Although she is very smart, she does face many problems because she has no one to guide her. Her external conflict is finding somewhere to be. She's been on the run for a while and has to go though every day struggles of finding food, money, and a place to sleep but she's trying to not see herself as homeless. She doesn't want to except the fact that she is. She considers herself as a gypsie. The only thing she really has is her journal to write all of the problems she really faces.