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SUMMARY: It's 1938. William S. Baggett is a good kid trapped in a really awful family. William has his running-away money ready to go, he's just been waiting until he's older than twelve to leave. When his big brothers flush his sister's pet guinea pig down the toilet, she insists they leave now. And take the two littlest Baggetts with them. So they head out in the middle of the night, ready to escape to their aunt Fiona's house.

Unfortunately the trip doesn't go exactly as planned. It's not so easy travelling with two little kids, and some help from a lonely rich girl makes it even more complicated. Will they ever make it to Aunt Fiona's? And if they do, will she let them stay?

William S. and the Great Escape by Zilpha Keatley Snyder is the latest book I'm reading, that while I really like her as an author, I probably never would have read this within the next few years if it hadn't been an ebook.

See, the local bookstore doesn't carry her. It has a really small section. And when I saw this book the first time, it was at the big bookstore in Winnipeg and my arms were already full of books, so I had to leave the hardcover behind.

Since I've been back to the store, it's not been there.

So I was searching her name out of curiosity on the ebookstore I use, and this came up! I was excited! Especially since all the paper books I have aside, I only ever seem to read digitally these days.

It's a really good book so far, and Zilpha Keatley Snyder is great at characterization. I probably won't be posting about it so much, because I haven't found any sections that can be lifted out that aren't strongly tied to the other sections. Ah well.

I wish more kids books were available digitally and in Canada, because god knows I'm already a dedicated customer.