Book
Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: Run, Amy, Run!
Subtitle:
Author:
Elizabeth Grimes Brown
Genre: Young Adult
Part of a series? No
Order in series:
Best read after earlier
books in series?
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25564798-run-amy-run
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 4/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
This book tells the harrowing tale of a young
abused girl. When her mother sinks into a deep postnatal depression and Amy is
left alone at home with her abuser, she has no other choice than to run. While
she attempts to find her father in London, she becomes one of the many homeless
teenagers and falls into the hands of Clive. Further abuse follows. But will
she be able to turn her life around with the help of a young mother?
What
I liked about the book:
The genuine feeling this could happen to a
young girl like Amy.
What
I didn’t like about the book:
The feeling this may happen to so many of the
street children.
My
favourite bits in the book:
How Amy finds a good friend who wants to help
her but she also helps him.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
Difficult to say. There was one bit that
feels like actual fiction. No disturbance of a burial site like the one
mentioned in the book.
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
This is the second book I’ve read by this
author and I enjoyed this one too.
What
books could this be compared to and why?
It’s difficult to know what book to compare
this to. The book made me wonder if the author had personal experience of the
subject due to the authentic feel to the book.
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:
|
Children |
No |
|
Young
Adult |
Yes |
|
Adult |
Yes |
If
you like your books dark and action-packed, this
book may be the book for you. However, if you have a history of abuse,
this book may bring flashbacks to your past.
I’m
certainly looking forward to reading more by this author.
Book
Description by Author:
Following a serious incident at her home,
fourteen year-old, privately educated Amy Harrington, finds herself fleeing the
privilaged life for an unknown, dangerous future on the streets of London.
Meetings with various characters help teach
her to survive street life. Some are genuine encounters, people who want to
help, while others see her as the vulnerable, young victim she is.
Learning to beg and steal are just some of
the new challengers; however, she is to experience much worse that sneaking a
carton of milk to stem the hunger pangs, or rattling a cup at a tube station;
because when she thinks she has sunk to the bottom, Amy is yet to find herself
about to face the abyss.
While enduring the worst horrors of her young
life, can an unusual offer from a stranger set her back on recovery?
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