Bo is a teenager with a bad rep simply because her father took off and her mother is a meth addict. It's a huge surprise when Bo gets placed in the advanced English class with Agnes and her best friend Christy. Agnes and Christy are the type to be in church on Sunday morning even if Christy spends the rest of the weekend at the same parties as Bo. Agnes is never there because she's legally blind and Christy says Agnes won't have any fun (really it's that Christy fears she won't get to have fun) being at a dark party (Agnes has some vision, but it's worse when it's dark). The introduction of Bo into Agnes's English class is the catalyst for Bo and Agnes to slowly begin the path to a friendship that changes them both for the better.
Run is filled with details that make it so high school. It's the drama of friendship and the struggles of becoming an adult. But there's another layer with Bo, who knows what awaits if her mother is arrested. When that inevitably happens, Bo is convinced she must run. And Agnes, who has slowly rebelled against her parents' restrictions, comes along for the ride. Nothing goes as the pair planned, but the emotion of the story is phenomenal. Kody Keplinger's choice to tell the story with Bo in the present and the Agnes chapters explaining how they got there is a wise one that serves the story well.
5/5
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