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Book Review By Steph
Runaways by V.C. Andrews

Orphans Brooke, Crystal, Raven, and Butterfly were introduced in the first four books of this series. The girls are now living in a New York foster home. When their foster father tries to molest Crystal, the foursome steal his car and head towards California. Brooke wants to find her birth mother, Crystal wants to continue schooling, and Raven and Butterfly want to become a singer and dancer, respectively. Soon, their stash of money is stolen, and the girls attempt to work their way across the country, living in fear that their foster father is following them.


Plot & Themes
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - struggling to earn a living to survive
Family, loving relations Yes
Special relationship with - sister
Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school
Something wrong upstairs/downstairs? - searching for identity/meaning
Parents/lack of parents problem?
Wild kid(s)? - runaway!

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
United States Yes

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing - rape/molest
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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