What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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SOLVED. YA book about runway girl who buys oranges [s]
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"The Girl Who Ran Away", or "Charley" (I think one title was British and the other American). Early 1970s, IIRC. Girl is being shuffled around between family members, and she's a bit boisterous. On the train to her next temporary home, she finds part of a letter from the woman she's going to be staying with, and interprets it as "I don't want that noisy kid in my house." She gets off the train and sets up house for herself in a field, and when she needs food, she goes to the local grocery and pretends that *she's* deaf so she can get charity. Don't remember exactly what she got, but oranges, bread and cheese sounds reasonable.