Hideaway

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

After a twelve-year-old boy becomes upset at his divorced parents, he decides to run away and hide from them at his grandparents' house

217 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Eloise Jarvis McGraw was an author of children's books. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels Moccasin Trail (1952), The Golden Goblet (1962), and The Moorchild (1997). A Really Weird Summer (1977) won an Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America. McGraw had a very strong interest in history, and among the many books she wrote for children are Greensleeves, Pharaoh, The Seventeenth Swap, and Mara, Daughter of the Nile.

McGraw also contributed to the Oz series started by L. Frank Baum, writing with her daughter Lauren Lynn McGraw (Wagner) Merry Go Round in Oz (the last of the Oz books issued by Baum's publisher) and The Forbidden Fountain of Oz, and later writing The Rundelstone of Oz on her own. The actual writing of the books was done entirely by Eloise; Lauren made story contributions significant enough for Eloise to assign her co-authorship credit.

She lived for many years in Portland, Oregon before dying in late 2000 of "complications of cancer".

McGraw was married to William Corbin McGraw, who died in 1999. They had two children, Peter and Lauren.

-Wikipedia

Reviews

[Emily Clifford · Rating 2 out of 5]

So I picked this book up based on my previous enjoyment of THE STRIPED SHIPS and THE MOORCHILD. Unfortunately, it's not a great read--partially because the cheesy slang is so dated and partially because the main problem of what to do with runaway Jerry didn't seem to compelling to me. HOWEVER. If you are a fan of McGraw's, a consistent strength continues here: multidimensional, complex characters that act in believable ways. It's refreshing to read stories that refrain from passing judgment as a matter of course.