On the Run (novel)
Encyclopedia
On the Run is a children's novel by British author, Nina Bawden
. It was also published as Three on the Run in the United States
. It is an independent sequel to The House of Secrets.
and have little time to spend with Ben. So Ben decides to explore the gardens of the terrace houses in his street. He walks along the walls connecting all the houses until he comes to one covered in jagged glass. Ben then falls into the garden and meets a young boy from Tiga
, Thomas. Thomas is being kept in London, while his father, Chief Okapi, is exiled there. When Ben discovers a plot to kidnap
Thomas, he, Thomas and Lil (a friend of Thomas) decide to run away.
’, where Bawden's parents lived.
Nina Bawden remarked she intended "to write about children actually escaping — even though temporarily - from the world of grownups".
Nina Bawden
Nina Bawden CBE is a popular British novelist and children's writer. Her mother was a teacher and her father a marine.-Life:...
. It was also published as Three on the Run in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is an independent sequel to The House of Secrets.
Plot
When Ben's cousins, whom he lives with, are unwell, he is forced to spend the summer with his father and stepmother-to-be. They live in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and have little time to spend with Ben. So Ben decides to explore the gardens of the terrace houses in his street. He walks along the walls connecting all the houses until he comes to one covered in jagged glass. Ben then falls into the garden and meets a young boy from Tiga
Tiga Island
Tiga Island, also called Tokanod, is a small, island in the South Pacific Ocean. Tiga lies from Lifou Island, and from Maré Island in the Loyalty Islands...
, Thomas. Thomas is being kept in London, while his father, Chief Okapi, is exiled there. When Ben discovers a plot to kidnap
Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority...
Thomas, he, Thomas and Lil (a friend of Thomas) decide to run away.
Bawden's comments on the book
Bawden told in an interview that the novel is set in London and in Heme Bay, ‘a seaside town on the coast of KentKent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
’, where Bawden's parents lived.
Nina Bawden remarked she intended "to write about children actually escaping — even though temporarily - from the world of grownups".