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Gr 6 Up—Travis Hawk is three months away from his 18th birthday and adulthood. But three months is too long to stay with his alcoholic father and the bullies at the Seattle homeless shelter where they live. So Travis sets off across the country to his childhood home in Maine, taking buses and hitching rides, drawing on the advice of his Passamaquoddy grandparents to avoid notice, survive the elements, and find strength in the world around him. A narrow escape from local thugs in Missoula notwithstandin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More