The Farther You Run
By, Davida Wills Hurwin
The farther you run is a short read about two girls who have two totally different problems with their lives. Samantha’s best and only good friend died a few months ago and she isn’t taking it easily. There is no one she feels she can truly talk to, no one to tell her thoughts and feelings, her dreams and secrats, gossip, and absolutely no one to go to dance class with, so why go alone?
Well, Mona has some troubles of her own. Her mother is bipolar and growing up has been hard, a long list of new schools and different “friends”. So she has basically and opens herself up to no one and makes no attempt of being good in her English class, which she has to redo because she knows she will gone soon anyways.
Then they met. Samantha likes Mona, who can make her laugh like Jules did and they become friends right away. Mona likes Sammie, she understands about her mother, but doesn’t show disgust or make her a pity-friend. She treats Mona like she wants to be treated, no different than anyone else. They get an apartment together and do fine the first two months, but it is rounding the anniversary to Jules death and life is becoming more difficult and she and Mona’s friendship are to be falling apart quickly. Can they tell each other the truth and begin to become better friends than before, or will they both fall apart and be left with scars and vulnerable? Read the book to find out.
This book is 217 pages long. I’ll give it three out of four stars (***).
*recommended for grades 7 and up!*
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