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The Journey Back
by
Priscilla Cummings (Goodreads Author)
Escaped and on the run, can Digger find redemption?
His bold escape from a juvenile detention facility nearly kills him, but soon an angry fourteen-year-old Digger is on the run, hijacking a tractor trailer, "borrowing" a bicycle, and stealing a canoe. When injuries stop him, Digger hides at a riverside campground, where he befriends a young boy and a girl his own age. New...more
His bold escape from a juvenile detention facility nearly kills him, but soon an angry fourteen-year-old Digger is on the run, hijacking a tractor trailer, "borrowing" a bicycle, and stealing a canoe. When injuries stop him, Digger hides at a riverside campground, where he befriends a young boy and a girl his own age. New...more
Hardcover, 224 pages
Published
October 11th 2012
by Dial
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The Journey Back
By: Priscilla Cummings
Realistic Fiction
243 pages
The Journey Back is the story of a boy named Digger who is trying to decide what he is really running from. Digger went to prison after pulling a prank by poking holes in a kayak, which lead to a small boy drowning. The book starts off on Digger's birthday celebration in jail. He and Tio start fighting and Tio gets pinned down by the counselor there. Digger wants to escape prison because he wants to protect his family from his abusi...more
By: Priscilla Cummings
Realistic Fiction
243 pages
The Journey Back is the story of a boy named Digger who is trying to decide what he is really running from. Digger went to prison after pulling a prank by poking holes in a kayak, which lead to a small boy drowning. The book starts off on Digger's birthday celebration in jail. He and Tio start fighting and Tio gets pinned down by the counselor there. Digger wants to escape prison because he wants to protect his family from his abusi...more
The Journey Back
by Priscilla Cummings
Realistic fiction
243 pages
April 17
In this book, it talks about a guy named Digger. He goes to Juvenile after doing a crime. On page 7 it said " Most nights, I'd lie in that hard bed for hours thinking back on the crime that put me and J.T. at Cliffside Youth detention center for nine months."( juvenile). This quote from the book states the fact that Digger did a crime that made him to go to juvenile. He escapes Juvenile to help his family. On page 126 it sa...more
by Priscilla Cummings
Realistic fiction
243 pages
April 17
In this book, it talks about a guy named Digger. He goes to Juvenile after doing a crime. On page 7 it said " Most nights, I'd lie in that hard bed for hours thinking back on the crime that put me and J.T. at Cliffside Youth detention center for nine months."( juvenile). This quote from the book states the fact that Digger did a crime that made him to go to juvenile. He escapes Juvenile to help his family. On page 126 it sa...more
So what do you know? The day after I wrote the review for Red Kayak, I was shelving at the Middle School and found THIS book, which is a sequel to Red Kayak. Just came out in November! What luck! I snatched it and read it all in one day. Yep. That's what happens when your boys go camping with Scouts and you're home alone for an evening.
This book was all about Digger. Digger has had a tough life. He's rough around the edges. He has a temper. He has a drunk of a dad who beats him and his mother s...more
This book was all about Digger. Digger has had a tough life. He's rough around the edges. He has a temper. He has a drunk of a dad who beats him and his mother s...more
I didn't read this before the first book "Red Kayak", but that was okay. Angry 14-year-old Digger runs away from his court appointed youth facility to "save" his mom and siblings from his drunk and abusive father. But he's really running away from something else - his role in the death of child, which is what sent him to juvie in the first place. I like Digger. He's angry, he's impulsive, he doesn't think about others, he doesn't think about consequences, but he really changes in this book. The...more
Title:The Journey Back
Genre:Realistic Fiction
Pages:243
Author:Priscilla Cummings
Date Read: Early February to February 28th
In this book "Digger" goes to Juvi after being caught up in a murder. He escapes Juvi to protect his family from his abbusive dad. On the way he faces many problems and pleasures. After coming to many near death expierienced he stops at a camp on the way. He stays there for months helping a boy named Luke with his troubled father. Also, he falls in love with their neighbor Nor...more
Genre:Realistic Fiction
Pages:243
Author:Priscilla Cummings
Date Read: Early February to February 28th
In this book "Digger" goes to Juvi after being caught up in a murder. He escapes Juvi to protect his family from his abbusive dad. On the way he faces many problems and pleasures. After coming to many near death expierienced he stops at a camp on the way. He stays there for months helping a boy named Luke with his troubled father. Also, he falls in love with their neighbor Nor...more
This book was terrific, and I'll definitely recommend it to my middle school students, especially boys (I'm a middle school librarian). Since I live in rural Northern Virginia, it was fun to read a book with a setting that was familiar. Priscilla Cummings did a fantasic job with Blindsided, and I didn't realize until I had finished The Journey Back, that she had written ths one as well. Both books,though very different, were researched amazingly well and the characters and plot were interesting...more
I decided to read this because I loved the first one so much (The Red Kayak). I was hoping it was going to be the continuing story of Brady. He was so captivating as a character. I hate it when authors try to capitalize on an earlier success rather than telling a story that needs to be told. This one just felt forced.
For some reason, the author chose the least likable and most static character in The Red Kayak to write about. This is the after story of Digger, or Michael, after he was convicted...more
For some reason, the author chose the least likable and most static character in The Red Kayak to write about. This is the after story of Digger, or Michael, after he was convicted...more
This sequel to The Red Kayak is a readable reluctant reader boys book. Teens devour books that are windows to a life that they will probably never experience. Digger is in a juvenile detention facility for the crime that centered in The Red Kayak. He escapes and must cope with running from the police, finding shelter, food and money. As he fights to survive he learns a great deal about himself and several of life's lessons the hard way.
Enjoyed re-visiting the characters of The Red Kayak from a different point of view. I immediately connected with the main character. The story was satisfying and thought provoking. Our actions have long term ramifications. Cummings does an excellent job portraying a young man struggling to survive a troubled past.
Such a wonderful social issue book. To escape from work camp to save family or to stay and work out the rest of your sentence? Read this after reading "Red Kayak" and just loved the character switch. Great book!
A good adventure story, but a bit too preachy and neatly wrapped up. Probably best as a cautionary tale for the younger teens, The Journey Back kept me flipping the pages.
This book was not what I expected at all. There was even less of a story than in Red Kayak. Again, this story could have been told in twenty pages.
I enjoyed the follow-up to Red Kayak. It focuses on one of the boys involved in the crime. It was an easy, good read. I actually liked it more than the first book.
Apr 13, 2013
Clare Cannon
marked it as not-sure
KP offered to review for www.GoodReadingGuide.com
not so much interest... Bec reviewed Red Kayak, story was ok
not so much interest... Bec reviewed Red Kayak, story was ok
The sequel to Red Kayak, this follows Digger's journey after he escapes from the juvenile detention camp.
As we have long anticipated the second chapter to Red Kayak, this book is gratefully accepted. However, the story does not reflect the depth of the first. I enjoyed the insight into the character of Digger. I recommend it to middle school boys.
I was ready to love this book from the start. But I had a hard time getting through the first half of the book. Once Digger arrived at the campground, things picked up and I was hooked.
Dec 04, 2012
Sarah Arbo
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its an awsome book
May 06, 2013
6neilan_brandon
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THis was a good book that is about a boy Digger who is sentenced to a juvenile detention camp and eager to escape. Digger has a plan that sends him on a journey that is both a survival story and a lesson in trust. Anyone who likes thrilling books would like this.
It was a awesome Book!!!! I loved It. Want to read Red Kayak so badly now.
May 21, 2013
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