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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Julia, who has been hated and avoided by everyone her entire life, is a clear case of IJustWantToBeLoved. Nathan also qualifies, even though he claims he HatesEveryoneEqually, but deep down wants friends too.
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* TheKlutz: Julia is definitely a klutz, but not a CuteClumsyGirl since nobody finds her clumsiness endearing at all.
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* HiddenDepths: Traveling together, Nathan and Julia spend much of the book finding out each other's hidden depths (Nathan being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and Julia being [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter Than She Looks]]). When one of them screws up, which happens all the time, even at the end of the book, the other is supportive and helpful.
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* HiddenDepths: Traveling together, Nathan and Julia spend much of the book finding out each other's hidden depths (Nathan being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and Julia being [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter Than She Looks]]). When one of them screws up, which happens all the time, even at the end of the book, the other is supportive and helpful.
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Julia and Nathan are eleven-year-old outcasts openly hated by all their classmates. They also hate each other until the circumstances and a huge secret make them start an OddFriendship. They
The plot starts when they find ''a lot'' of money in an abandoned house and decide to use part of the money to buy friendship and popularity from the other kids at school. But their sudden popularity arouses the suspicion of the teachers: when the adults start asking them difficult questions about the money and involving their parents, the two kids realize they are in serious trouble. They have no other choice than to take the rest of the money and run away across the country.
The plot starts when they find ''a lot'' of money in an abandoned house and decide to use part of the money to buy friendship and popularity from the other kids at school. But their sudden popularity arouses the suspicion of the teachers: when the adults start asking them difficult questions about the money and involving their parents, the two kids realize they are in serious trouble. They have no other choice than to take the rest of the money and run away across the country.
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* HiddenDepths: Traveling together, Nathan and Julia spend much of the book finding out each other's hidden depths (Nathan being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and Julia being [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter Than She Looks]]). When one of them screws up (which up, which happens all the time, even at the end of the book), book, the other is supportive and helpful.
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* LoserProtagonist: Julia, to an utterly pathetic degree. She's a klutz, an insecure crybaby, BookDumb to the point of being ''illiterate'', terrible at everything (until her HiddenDepths are revealed), even more bullied and unpopular than Nathan, and considered ugly and useless even by her mother. Compare her to Nathan, who is stronger, faster, braver, more knowledgeable, and a better student than her, and his main flaw is his abrasive personality.
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* BoyishShortHair: Julia in later chapters. She disguises herself as a boy in order not to be recognized, since the police is pursuing her and Nathan.
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* BadassBookworm: Nathan is an avid reader and book lover. He's also strong, brave, and adventurous. Even in the first chapter, where he's mostly a nuisance, he can hold his own in fights.
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* IntrovertedCatPerson: Nathan doesn't get along with people, but has a soft spot for cats.
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* MinorLivingAlone: Julia and Nathan, after they run away with all the money they found. Initially, they rent a room in Brighton, with the very tall Julia pretending to be older with dresses and makeup. They eventually buy camping tents in some isolated hill in Exmoor.
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* OhCrap: Every time Julia and Nathan realize that a stranger recognised them. Their journey is not easy since they are wanted by the police and their pictures as "missing children" were shown on TV.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nathan, despite his attitude, is a KindheartedCatLover, loves his mother, and becomes a loyal friend to Julia.
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** Nathan, despite his attitude, is a KindheartedCatLover, loves his mother, and becomes a loyal friend toJulia.Julia.
** Julia is an annoying tattletale at school (most of the time, she tattles on Nathan), but she's not a bad person deep down, just deeply lonely, insecure, and desperate. Her closeness to Nathan makes her more likable over time.
** Nathan, despite his attitude, is a KindheartedCatLover, loves his mother, and becomes a loyal friend to
** Julia is an annoying tattletale at school (most of the time, she tattles on Nathan), but she's not a bad person deep down, just deeply lonely, insecure, and desperate. Her closeness to Nathan makes her more likable over time.
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* CharacterDevelopment: The book explores the main character's deveopment very well. Both kids start to reveal their good side very slowly, and learn to become better people thanks to their friendship, although they remain very flawed and prone to make mistakes, realistically for their age.
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* HiddenDepths: Traveling together, Nathan and Julia spend much of the book finding out each other's hidden depths (Nathan being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and Julia being [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter than Than She Looks]]).
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nathan, despite his attitude, is a KindheartedCatLover, loves his mother, and becomes a loyal friend to Julia.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Julia, who has been hated and avoided by everyone her entire life, is a clear case of IJustWantToBeLoved. Nathan also qualifies, even though he claims he HatesEveryoneEqually, but deep down wants friends
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nathan, despite his attitude, is a KindheartedCatLover, loves his mother, and becomes a loyal friend to Julia.
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* NeverLearnedToRead: Julia, and she's deeply ashamed of it. She eventually asks Nathan to teach her how to read and he reluctantly agrees.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Nathan frequently insults and makes fun of Julia, even after they become friends. This happens less in later chapters, but they still have their moments.
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* TheNapoleon: Nathan is short and has a bad temper.
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Nathan is small, while Julian is an awkwardly tall girl.
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* TheKlutz: Julis is definitely a klutz, but not a CuteClumsyGirl since nobody finds her clumsiness endearing at all.
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* TheStoolPigeon: Julia is a tattletale in a desperate attempt to appreciated by the teacher. It only makes even more hated, by both teachers and classmates.
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* BlackAndNerdy: Downplayed with Nathan. He's a black bookworm with glasses and NoSocialSkills. But instead of being a shy LovableNerd, he's aggressive and violent, disrespects his teachers, and gets in trouble at school.
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* BlackAndNerdy: Downplayed with Nathan. He's a black bookworm with glasses and NoSocialSkills.NoSocialSkills, and is bad at sports. But instead of being a shy LovableNerd, he's aggressive and violent, disrespects his teachers, and gets in trouble at school.
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Julia and Nathan are eleven-year-old outcasts openly hated by all their classmates. They also hate each other until the circumstances and a huge secret make them start an OddFriendship. They find ''a lot'' of money in an abandoned house and decide to use part of the money to buy friendhip friendship and popularity from the other kids at school. But their sudden popularity arouses the suspicion of the teachers: when the adults start asking them difficult questions about the money and involving their parents, the two kids realize they are in serious trouble. They have no other choice than to take the rest of the money and run away across the country.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Julia and Nathan never had any friends for most of their lives, and all their classmates openly dislike them.
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* OnlyFriend: Nathan and Julia become this to each other. Throughout the journey, they meet a girl named Elizabeth who was very willing to befriend them and join their adventures, but Nathan harshly pushes her away.
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''The Runaways'' is a children's novel by English author Ruth Thomas, published in 1987.
Julia and Nathan are eleven-year-old outcasts openly hated by all their classmates. They also hate each other until the circumstances and a huge secret make them start an OddFriendship. They find ''a lot'' of money in an abandoned house and decide to use part of the money to buy friendhip and popularity from the other kids at school. But their sudden popularity arouses the suspicion of the teachers: when the adults start asking them difficult questions about the money and involving their parents, the two kids realize they are in serious trouble. They have no other choice than to take the rest of the money and run away across the country.
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* AbusiveParents:
** Julia's mother openly considers Julia a disappointment, constantly insulting and belittling her. But she is not a one-dimensional monster since a few scenes show that she loves Julia deep down, despite her low opinion of her daughter and the way she treats her.
** Nathan's father is implied to be cold and physically abusive, and Nathan is quite scared of him. But we don't know much about him because he is OutOfFocus compared to Julia's mother.
* BlackAndNerdy: Downplayed with Nathan. He's a black bookworm with glasses and NoSocialSkills. But instead of being a shy LovableNerd, he's aggressive and violent, disrespects his teachers, and gets in trouble at school.
* BookDumb: Julia can't even read, but frequently reveals herself to be quite smart throughout the book.
* BoyishShortHair: Julia in later chapters. She disguises herself as a boy in order not to be recognized, since the police is pursuing her and Nathan.
* CharacterDevelopment: The book explores the main character's deveopment very well. Both kids start to reveal their good side very slowly, and learn to become better people thanks to their friendship, although they remain very flawed and prone to make mistakes, realistically for their age.
* DumbBlonde: Subverted with Julia. She's hopeless at school but surprisingly StreetSmart and resourceful, and her good ideas turn out to be very useful throughout the journey.
* FireForgedFriends: Julia and Nathan go from enemies to PlatonicLifePartners, to the point that Nathan ends up feeling that Julia is the only person in the world he can trust.
* HiddenDepths: Traveling together, Nathan and Julia spend much of the book finding out each other's hidden depths (Nathan being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and Julia being [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter than She Looks]]).
* TheKlutz: Julis is definitely a klutz, but not a CuteClumsyGirl since nobody finds her clumsiness endearing at all.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Nathan has many brothers and sisters, and feels ignored by his parents because of them. On the other hand, Julia is an only child.
* PickedLast: It always happens to Julia and Nathan when the other kids pick their teammates. Especially Julia, since even Nathan gets picked before her, despite being hated by everyone and terrible at baseball.
* SheCleansUpNicely: When the kids move to Brighton, Julia starts wearing makeup and nice clothes to disguise herself as an older teenager. For the first time in her life, she sees herself as attractive.
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Julia and Nathan are eleven-year-old outcasts openly hated by all their classmates. They also hate each other until the circumstances and a huge secret make them start an OddFriendship. They find ''a lot'' of money in an abandoned house and decide to use part of the money to buy friendhip and popularity from the other kids at school. But their sudden popularity arouses the suspicion of the teachers: when the adults start asking them difficult questions about the money and involving their parents, the two kids realize they are in serious trouble. They have no other choice than to take the rest of the money and run away across the country.
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* AbusiveParents:
** Julia's mother openly considers Julia a disappointment, constantly insulting and belittling her. But she is not a one-dimensional monster since a few scenes show that she loves Julia deep down, despite her low opinion of her daughter and the way she treats her.
** Nathan's father is implied to be cold and physically abusive, and Nathan is quite scared of him. But we don't know much about him because he is OutOfFocus compared to Julia's mother.
* BlackAndNerdy: Downplayed with Nathan. He's a black bookworm with glasses and NoSocialSkills. But instead of being a shy LovableNerd, he's aggressive and violent, disrespects his teachers, and gets in trouble at school.
* BookDumb: Julia can't even read, but frequently reveals herself to be quite smart throughout the book.
* BoyishShortHair: Julia in later chapters. She disguises herself as a boy in order not to be recognized, since the police is pursuing her and Nathan.
* CharacterDevelopment: The book explores the main character's deveopment very well. Both kids start to reveal their good side very slowly, and learn to become better people thanks to their friendship, although they remain very flawed and prone to make mistakes, realistically for their age.
* DumbBlonde: Subverted with Julia. She's hopeless at school but surprisingly StreetSmart and resourceful, and her good ideas turn out to be very useful throughout the journey.
* FireForgedFriends: Julia and Nathan go from enemies to PlatonicLifePartners, to the point that Nathan ends up feeling that Julia is the only person in the world he can trust.
* HiddenDepths: Traveling together, Nathan and Julia spend much of the book finding out each other's hidden depths (Nathan being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and Julia being [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter than She Looks]]).
* TheKlutz: Julis is definitely a klutz, but not a CuteClumsyGirl since nobody finds her clumsiness endearing at all.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Nathan has many brothers and sisters, and feels ignored by his parents because of them. On the other hand, Julia is an only child.
* PickedLast: It always happens to Julia and Nathan when the other kids pick their teammates. Especially Julia, since even Nathan gets picked before her, despite being hated by everyone and terrible at baseball.
* SheCleansUpNicely: When the kids move to Brighton, Julia starts wearing makeup and nice clothes to disguise herself as an older teenager. For the first time in her life, she sees herself as attractive.
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