INTERMEDIATE FICTION
Hemphill, Helen

Runaround

(4) 4-6 Eleven-year-old Sassy is trying to figure out how to get a boy to like her. In her quest for love (and to prove herself to her smug older sister), she tries to make Boon, the cutest bad boy in town, her boyfriend. The typical characters and uninspired plot lack sparkle, but the leisurely pace and Southern dialect set a vivid scene.

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