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“ Very different from other middle grade of YA stories I've read about slaves running during the 1800s. – Wandering Librarian ”

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Readers will be swept up by the drama and fast pace of this powerful debut novel.” Reading Today Online, International Reading Association

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Lush, detailed, total-immersion storytelling.–Kirkus Review

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(Running out of Night) ...is a story that respects this pivotal era of American history, a story that reveals the pain, the courage, and the hope that eventually changed the world.–Middle Shelf : Cool Reads for Kids magazine

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Rarely do page-turners written for middle-school kids also ignite excitement in adults. (A notable exception is the series of Harry Potter books.) Fewer still explore the secret sorrows of children's lives in the mid-1800s, whether enslaved or free. Running Out of Night, a debut novel from Californian Sharon Lovejoy, a veteran author-illustrator known nationally for her prizewinning nonfiction books on gardening and nature, gives you both.–OpEd News

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