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Bon's Echo

by Patricia Runyon

Two teens on the road

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Two teens on the road

Christy leaves home and, after narrowly escaping a return, meets Bon, another teenager living on the run. Calling herself Echo, she joins him on a journey toward the coast, where the pair rely on hitchhiking and panhandling while trying to avoid being brought back by the police. Their travels and growing romance frame a story about young people facing isolation, uncertain circumstances, and difficult choices. The description also points to the limits of their time together, as Bon and Echo make a promise about finding one another again.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in stories about runaway teens and life on the road
  • Readers looking for a young-adult romance shaped by hardship and difficult choices

Themes

RunawaysIsolation and belongingRomanceSurvival and uncertaintyHard choices

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Book overview

Two runaway teens struggle to make it together on the streets, facing obstacles and adventures. They go from city to city with the constant fear of being brought in by the police.

Feeling frustrated and alone, Christy, a restless young teen, strikes out on her own. Fleeing a town and family she can't seem to fit into. Christy hitch-hikes to Denver to hide out at her uncles' house. A short lived freedom when in the middle of the night her parents arrive to drag her back home. Despite their efforts, she barely escapes by hopping a train in the dark.

Fate lands Christy in the arms of a boy named Bon, another runaway. She introduces herself to him as Echo, and soon a romance buds between them. Determined not to return to their previous lives, they head for the coast, getting by however they can. Pan handling, hitching on the open highways and enduring every conflict and adventure together.

After years the two runaways realize that sometimes life is about making hard choices. Bon and Echo vow that they will find each other again one day-but only time will tell what fate has in store for them.

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