Run Home: A Graphic Memoir

By Alyssa Bermudez

Book Overview

This heartrending graphic memoir by Alyssa Bermudez (Big Apple Diaries) is a moving and unforgettable story about inner strength, healing, and finding hope.

It's 2002, and 14-year-old Alyssa is a freshman at a new high school where she knows NO ONE and the uniforms are hideous What a disaster...

Even worse? Her parents are forcing her to join the cross-country team. No one needs to run, or sweat, this much

Over time though, Alyssa actually starts to like running. She's getting better with practice, and some of the girls on the team are really nice. Alyssa begins to find a steady rhythm with high school, cross country, and her new stepfamily.

But Alyssa's dad is sick, and she doesn't know what to do. When the worst thing imaginable happens, Alyssa will need to count on her friends, family, and herself to keep running forward.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250774306
• ISBN13: 9781250774309
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9