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
- ISBN10 1339035529
- ISBN13 9781339035529
- Publish Date 1 April 2025
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Scholastic US
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English