Contributor(s): Author: Amy Sutorius Harmon When Josie Jensen, an awkward thirteen-year-old musical prodigy crashes headlong into new-comer Samuel Yates, an eighteen-year-old Navajo boy full of anger and confusion, an unlikely friendship blooms.
Deeply romantic and poignant, Running Barefoot is the story of a small town girl and a Native American boy, the ties that bind them to their homes and families, and the love that gives them wings..
Their roles reversed, Samuel teaches Josie about life, love, and letting go.
Many years go by and Samuel returns, finding his old friend in need of the very things she offered him years before.
Upon graduation, Samuel abandons the sleepy, small town in search of a future and a life, leaving his young mentor behind.
Josie teaches Samuel about words, music and friendship, and along the way finds a kindred spirit.
Contributor(s): Author: Amy Sutorius Harmon When Josie Jensen, an awkward thirteen-year-old musical prodigy crashes headlong into new-comer Samuel Yates, an eighteen-year-old Navajo boy full of anger and confusion, an unlikely friendship blooms
