The runaways

the long version

Children's novel. Winner of the prestigious Guardian Children's Fiction Award in 1988. 11-year-old Londoners Julia and Nathan are the misfits of Mrs Henrey's class and have no friends to speak of. Then they discover a stash of money in a deserted house and suddenly, instant popularity seems just around the corner. But so is trouble, in the shape of the adults who start asking difficult questions. There is only one thing the pair can do now, and that is to run away!