6/30/2023 0 Comments Runaway van draanenHolly's diary entries, which include poetry, unspool as ongoing conversations with Ms. Sammie introduces Holly to two women (mother and daughter) who eventually become the family Holly has been longing for. Constantly moving from place to place, Holly is caught off guard when Sammie, from the soup kitchen, offers help. Evans, Holly runs away, eventually making her way to California. Leone, who gives Holly the journal ("It'll help you turn the page"). Evans accuse her of lying, stealing and drug use, then, as punishment, lock Holly in the laundry room for days. Holly has already thwarted the sexual advances of one foster father and now, living with the Evans, things aren't any better. Through her journal entries, 12-year-old Holly Janquell reveals her experiences living in foster homes since her mother died of a drug overdose two years ago.
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