Since their mother’s sudden death, sixteen-year-old Carly and her eleven-year-old sister, Jen, have been walking and hitchhiking across the Southwest trying to find Teddy, the closest thing they have to a family. Carly desperately hopes Teddy will take them in and save them from going into foster care — and forgive them for the lies told by their mother.
But when the starving girls get caught … caught stealing food on a Native American reservation, their journey gets put on hold. While the girls work off their debt, Carly becomes determined to travel onward — until Jen confesses a terrible secret that leaves both sisters wondering if they can ever trust again.
Set against the backdrop of the American Southwest, Walk Me Home and its resilient heroines will inspire readers and renew their faith in recovery and redemption.
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This is the first book of many that I ‘ve read by this author. Catherine gets right into her characters’ heads. She knows exactly what they’re thinking and feeling. Two sisters are walking across the state of Arizona after their mother’s death by the hand of her current boyfriend. They’re heading for California and the only one of their mother’s …
It took me a little while to read this book, but I’m so glad I was able to finally get into it.. as always when you read Catherine Bryan hydes book you always know there will be so much magic. even though the stories are always like reading everyday life characters they always have so much more to give at the end.
is like you start with a story …
A teenager goes on a journey and learns more about the facts of life. She goes in search of a person who has been a father figure in her life, thinking that he will be the solution to all her worries. However, she learns that she has left the people who truly care about her to find someone who doesn’t truly love her. Along her journey, she meets …
I hated to finish this book ,i wanted so much more loved it
True life stuff. Believable characters. Makes you stop and think, “How far would I go to help someone in this situation?”
When Carly and Jen’s mother dies suddenly, they want to stay together, and out of foster care. So, they begin walking from New Mexico to California to find the man, Teddy, who was like a father to them before her mother began seeing Wade. Bound by an honor code, the sisters try to keep track of what they steal so they can repay it when possible. …
Another page-turner from this author. These poor children are just looking for a good life. They run into some great people and one day…..maybe life will be okay. I loved this read.
When I picked this up, I didn’t remember that this is the author who wrote Pay It Forward years ago. That book won multiple awards, was on the best-seller lists, was made into a movie, and put the phrase “pay it forward” into every day speech. Well, this story is a winner too, in my humble opinion. I read it in a day simply because I had to see …
This is one of the best books I’ve read in a while. As always Hyde knows how to bring characters together to create a great story. I loved the story line. It’s a book I will never forget. Would love to see a follow up book.
I am a fan of Catherine Hyde-Ryan. Anything she writes I have a difficult time putting down.
I nice story about 2 runaways girls.
Great read! This was a hard book to put down. I love Ryan Hyde’s realistic stories that have such important lessons…that happy endings can happen if you quit chasing what was never meant to be.