Runaway Alice (A Nickel for Alice)

By Frances Slaomon Murphy

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: B000RHLHQC
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: Scholastic Book Services
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

One of my favorites!

Synopsis: "If you keep running away, Alice," says Miss Cannon, "I can't find the right home for you." "Perhaps I won't ever find the right home," orphaned Alice says sadly. Then -- for just a few weeks -- Alice goes to stay on a farm with the Potters. They are the happiest weeks in Alice's life. No one could want a more wonderful home or a better father and mother than Mr. and Mrs. Potter. But Alice can't forget that she heard Mrs. Potter say, "You know, Miss Cannon, I really want a boy." I’m not sure how this book came into my hands, but it must have been 1969 as that is when it was released - I was 15, so it was below my grade level - but the title caught my attention since my name is Alice & running away always seemed a good plan about that time. The story kept me from doing it. Love is the one thing that is hard to find in foster homes. Alice is really a sweet but unhappy girl who you can’t help liking. Miss Cannon isn’t an ugly ogre of a social worker, and Mr & Mrs Potter are truly nice, caring people who find much to love in Alice. When Miss Cannon comes back with a big smile & says she has found a wonderful home for Alice … it turns out that no one is happy! After all these years, I still have my copy of this book; from time to time I pull it down and read it again.