The Runaways is a Depression-era work of fiction re-living poverty in the tenements of Boston, the perils of a boy living on the street, learning to fly, and going to war. The boy defending his mother from an abusive stepfather result in the separation and flight of the family. Twelve-year-old Matt (my main character) is forced onto the streets of Boston, mother and younger children flee to a friend in Maine, and an angry stepfather searches for Matt and family. Living on the stre...