Run Away With Me
Published on 1. April 2025
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-339-03552-9 (ISBN)
Description
From #1 New York Times bestselling author/illustrator
Brian Selznick, a profoundly romantic YA novel about two boys
finding each other and falling in love over one summer in Rome.
"I'm going to call you Danny. What are you going to name me?"
"Angelo."
Danny is spending his sixteenth summer in Rome. As his mother
spends the day at work in a mysterious museum, he wanders the ancient
sites and streets. Soon after his arrival, he encounters a shadow
... who becomes a voice ... who becomes a boy his age. Angelo.
Soon Danny and Angelo are spending as much time as they can together,
piecing together stories of the city while only gradually
letting their own histories be shared. Attraction leads to affection,
and affection leads to both an intimate closeness and a profound
fear of what happens next. Danny has never really had a home,
or known the love of another boy. Angelo seems to have more experience
... but he also has secrets just out of Danny's reach.
Run Away With Me is a stunning creation, weaving words
and illustration to tell the story of a transformative
love over the course of one Roman summer.
Brian Selznick's first book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret,
was the winner of the esteemed Caldecott Medal,
the first novel to do so, as the Caldecott Medal is for picture
books
Released as a live-action film Hugo
in 2011, directed by Martin Scorsase and starring Asa Butterfield,
Ben Kingsley, Jude Law, Sacha Baron Cohen, Richard Griffiths,
Ray Winstone, and Christopher Lee.
Brian Selznick's second book, Wonderstruck, was also
made into a feature film, starring Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Young adult
Reading Age: From 14 to 20 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
728 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-339-03552-9 (9781339035529)
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Brian Selznick's books have sold millions of copies, garnered countless awards worldwide, and been translated into more than 35 languages. He broke open the novel form with his innovative and genre-defying thematic trilogy, beginning with the Caldecott Medal-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Invention of Hugo Cabret, adapted into Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning movie Hugo. He followed that with the #1 New York Times bestseller, Wonderstruck, adapted into the eponymous movie by celebrated filmmaker Todd Haynes, with a screenplay by Selznick, and the New York Times bestseller, The Marvels. Selznick's two most recent books for young people, Baby Monkey, Private Eye, an ALA Notable Book co-written with his husband David Serlin, and Kaleidoscope, a New York Times Notable Children's Book of 2021, were both New York Times bestsellers as well. He also illustrated the 20th anniversary edition covers of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Selznick and Serlin divide their time between Brooklyn, New York and La Jolla, California. Learn more at thebrianselznick.com and mediaroom.scholastic.com/brianselznick.