The Runaway

Résumé du livre

Having run away from home because of frequent beatings by his drunken father, eleven-year-old Shawn Marsh learned the hardships of a cruel world. Living on the street, eating out of garbage cans and sleeping in a railroad boxcar, ended when a lady of the night took him in. Shawn got a job on a rusty old freightboat by lying about his age, but when he found out it was hauling drugs, he jumped ship in the Bahamas. He was befriended by natives on a remote island and fell in love with the people, their way of life and especially a young island girl named Doddie.