The Journey Back by Priscilla Cummings, is a story of fourteen-year-old Digger, after he spends nine months in a juvenile detention facility as punishment for his crime, he makes a bold escape, and is on the run. Digger gets injured and hides at a campground, where be befriends a boy and girl his age. With new friends, a new job caring for rescued horses, and risking his life to save another, Digger realizes that is not just about getting home, as he faces his troubled past, and faces what he is really running from. Paperback, 272 pages. Ages 10-17
