Runaway

While Sadie works up the courage to leave her friends and life as she knows it behind, she finds herself grappling with how to channel her intense and strengthening desire for justice for herself, her family and her friends. Sadie confronts the painstaking choice to fight back or to continue plans to run. Barely on the heels of her choice to flee, she learns that the transport she is depending on to carry her to the ferry she intends to stow away on is no longer coming. With only minutes to her benefit, her dear family friends Sam and Mima prep Sadie to take the journey on foot. Armed only with a watch, limited rations, and a fresh pair of shoes two sizes too big, Sadie must make the journey to Albemarle Sound before the ferry is scheduled to leave port for Virginia-a journey of six miles over three hours. Sadie must use all the wisdom she has amassed in her brief lifetime to traverse the dangerous terrain and navigate the many obstacles that lay in her path. This wisdom, combined with her fierceness and tenacity along with her heart's desire for justice in this lifetime, launches Sadie on a harrowing journey to beat the odds.