Her novel, Blindsided, was named to the 2011 Children's Choice list. VOYA This high-action journey has suspense to spare, and the continual near misses will keep readers cheering for Digger.Ībout the Author Priscilla Cummings is the author of fourteen picture books and several novels for children, including A Face First, an ALA Notable, and Red Kayak, an ALA Best Books for Young Adults and winner of the Oklahoma Sequoyah and Maryland Black-Eyed Susan awards. She has published picture books and young adult novels, and is most known for writing Chadwick the Crab, a childrens picture book, and Red Kayak, a novel for.
But he come to terms with his troubled past and face what he's really running from? New friends, a job caring for rescued horses, and risking his life to save another make Digger realize that the journey back is not just about getting home. When injuries stop him, Digger hides at a riverside campground, where he befriends a young boy and a girl his own age. After just a month he makes a bold escape that nearly kills him and soon an angry fourteen-year-old Digger is on the run. About the Book After breaking out of juvenile detention, fourteen-year-old Digger stops his trek across Maryland at a campground where he recovers from injuries, cares for little Luke, works with smart and pretty Nora, and begins to understand how his behavior and choices shape his life.īook Synopsis A teenage boy faces his past and seeks redemption in the gripping companion book to Red Kayak Nine months in a juvenile detention facility was the punishment for his crime.
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