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In the five years of his life that this book traces, Rusty’s story is taken forward to his adolescent years. His world is turned topsy-turvy as many upheavals besiege him. After his father and grandmother pass away in quick succession, the twelve-year-old is left in the care of a guardian, Mr Harrison, in Dehra. But after a mysterious incident involving his stepfather and the gardener, he is sent away to boarding school. Restlessness compels him to run away from school, with an ambition to travel the world. But the plan fails, and he is soon back in Dehra, with his strict guardian. Rusty is now seventeen. He rebels and leaves home again, this time for good. Adventurous and thought-provoking, Rusty Runs Away is a book that children and young adults everywhere will enjoy.
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4.3
13 reviews
Bhavishya Chhajer
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May 25, 2022
Ruskin bond is my favourite author but in this book, at the starting he say about the early life of rusty but in the chapter "It happened one spring" he again talks about the same or copies the same from The room on the roof" Why??
Avdhesh Thakur
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December 6, 2023
The bestest book📕📕 that i have ever readed..
pranav gvs
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May 18, 2015
its my faouirote book awesome
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