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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