Running on Empty by Collette Ballard
Release Date: May 6th 2014
Publisher: Tulip Teen/Spencer Hill Press
Pages: 376
Genre: Young Adult – Contemporary, Thriller
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What
does it feel like when you die—in those final moments? Do you feel the physical
pain, or just the pain of your regrets? What does it feel like when you realize
you can’t answer these questions because you’re not the victim?
You’re
the killer.
River
Daniels lives an ordinary life as a high school junior growing up in the
confines of rural Texas until her boyfriend’s brutal attack leaves her both a
murderer and a fugitive. When River’s closest girlfriends come to her aid, they
make a hasty decision to not only help her, but leave their own troubled lives
behind and join in her escape.
The
girls manage to elude police for months, but with every near-miss, River’s life
spirals further out of control, until she finally hits rock bottom. Realizing
she must stop endangering her friends and find evidence proving she acted in
self-defense, the girls decide to make a risky move. River must face her ugly
past and the one person she was protecting the night her world caved in, the
guy she has loved for as long as she can remember.
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{About the Author}
Colette grew up on a dairy farm in rural
Kentucky. She survived the high school experience back in the day when Aqua Net
was bought in bulk and mullets were cool. That’s also when she realized that
her constant daydreaming wasn’t a curse, but a useful skill—one she used like a
lethal weapon to combat her frustration over the haunting question: What does
the alphabet have to do with math anyway? Unfortunately, her ninja daydreaming
skills only increased her desire to write—not her algebra grade.
After surviving the hairstyles and torturous
math classes of her high school years, she wandered a bit—even moving to the
farthest northwestern corner of the United States, then to the farthest
southeastern corner. She finally settled in the one red-light town she started
in, where she continues to live today with her husband and three children.
Laura, thanks so much for helping with my trailer reveal! I really appreciate it:)
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