Compromised

Description:

Maya's life has always been chaotic. Living with a con-man dad, she's spent half her life on the run. Whenever her father's schemes go wrong, Maya finds a scientific way to fix it. But when her dad ends up in prison and foster care fails, Maya grasps at her last possible hope of a home: a long-lost aunt, who may not even exist.So Maya formulates a plan, and with her wits, two unlikely allies, and twenty dollars in her pocket, she sets off in search of this aunt, navigating the unpredictable four hundred miles from Reno to Boise. Life on the streets, though, becomes a struggle for survival—those scientific laws Maya has relied on her whole life just don't apply. And with each passing day, Maya's definitions of right and wrong are turned upside down when she's confronted with the realities and dangers of life as a runaway. She can't help but wonder if trying to find her aunt—and some semblance of stability—is worth the harrowing journey or if she should compromise and find a way to survive on her own.

subjects: Fiction,  Runaways in fiction,  Family problems in fiction,  Foster home care,  Family problems,  Voyages and travels in fiction,  Runaways,  Voyages and travels,  Tourette syndrome in fiction,  Tourette syndrome,  Foster home care in fiction,  Juvenile Fiction,  Children's fiction,  Runaways, fiction,  Voyages and travels, fiction,  Family life, fiction,  Foster home care, fiction