William S. and the Great Escape
For Ages: 8 - 12
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William S. Baggett is a good kid trapped in a really awful family. William has his running-away money ready to go, he's just been waiting until he's older than twelve to leave. When his big brothers flush his sister's pet guinea pig down the toilet, she insists they leave now. And take the two littlest Baggetts with them. So they head out in the middle of the night, ready to escape to their aunt Fiona's house.
Unfortunately the trip doesn't go exactly as planned. It's not so easy traveling with two little kids, and some help from a lonely rich girl makes it even more complicated. Will they ever make it to Aunt Fiona's? And if they do, will she let them stay?
This is the story of four children who learn that sometimes you have to run away before you can find your way home.
Unfortunately the trip doesn't go exactly as planned. It's not so easy traveling with two little kids, and some help from a lonely rich girl makes it even more complicated. Will they ever make it to Aunt Fiona's? And if they do, will she let them stay?
This is the story of four children who learn that sometimes you have to run away before you can find your way home.
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- Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
- 224 pages |
- ISBN 9781416967637 |
- September 2009 |
- Grades 3 - 7 |
- Lexile 980
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CHAPTER 1
His birth certificate, if he even had one, probably just said Willy Baggett, but for most of the seventh grade he’d been signing his school papers William S. Baggett.
William S. Baggett
But that, too, would change as soon as he made his move. No more Baggett then—and good riddance.
Actually, he’d started thinking about running away almost seven years ago. That was when he’d started going to school and began to learn, among other things, that not everybody behaved like Baggetts. And not very long after that he began putting every penny he could get his hands on... see more
His birth certificate, if he even had one, probably just said Willy Baggett, but for most of the seventh grade he’d been signing his school papers William S. Baggett.
William S. Baggett
But that, too, would change as soon as he made his move. No more Baggett then—and good riddance.
Actually, he’d started thinking about running away almost seven years ago. That was when he’d started going to school and began to learn, among other things, that not everybody behaved like Baggetts. And not very long after that he began putting every penny he could get his hands on... see more
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