Halfway to the Sky - Hardcover

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038572960X ISBN 13: 9780385729604

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2002

Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Dani is running away from home, or what’s left of home anyway. Her older brother, who had muscular dystrophy, died a few months ago. Then her father left and her parents got divorced. Now home is just Dani and her sad, silent mother, and Dani’s got to get away. She plans to do something amazing, and go where her parents will never find her: she’s going to hike the whole Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine. The trail is a legend in her family, the place where her parents met, fell in love, and got married 14 years before.

Unfortunately for her master plan, her mother doesn’t have much trouble figuring out where Dani’s gone. Now it’s the two of them, hiking for as long as Dani can manage to persuade her mother to keep going. But Dani’s got an even longer emotional journey to make—and it’s one she and her mom need to make together.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

“Teenagers will readily relate to the angst and anger and be intrigued by the details about the Trail itself.”–Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley is the author of Weaver’s Daughter, a Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 038572960X
• ISBN 13: 9780385729604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176