RUN, PIP, RUN

A fast-paced, warm-hearted adventure story about a small girl on her own in a big city.

A real gem for middle grade readers, Run, Pip, Run is about 10 year-old Pip, an intelligent and independent orphan who finds herself homeless when Sully, the old man who looks after her, has a stroke. Pip Sullivan was expecting her tenth birthday to be the best day of her life. She had done everything she could think of to make it so. Instead it was on course to be the worst—except for maybe her actual birth day when she had been abandoned on Sully’s doorstep. With her beloved Sully in hospital and the welfare hot on her heels, Pip needs time, money and a place to stay. With help from her friends – including a street-smart pickpocket and a canine escape artist – she needs to stay out of dreaded foster homes so she can help Sully get better! It’s clear Pip knows a thing or two about loyalty, bravery and friendship as she races across the city trying to keep her unconventional family together. Part Pippi Longstocking, part Tracy Beaker, Pip Sullivan is a delightfully sympathetic character who is tough but good hearted, and whose irrepressible humour and resourcefulness infuse this realistic story with positivity. Run, Pip, Run is a real gem from a first time author with a background in journalism and professional writing. An occasional foster parent, Janine Cooper knows the ins and outs of the social welfare system but writes with a light and sensitive touch. J.C. Jones is her pen name.