After just a month he makes a bold escape that nearly kills him and soon an angry fourteen-year-old Digger is on the run. She spent an academic year attending school with blind students before writing this story of a teenager's wrenching physical and mental journey into blindness. A teenage boy faces his past and seeks redemption in the gripping companion book to Red Kayak Nine months in a juvenile detention facility was the punishment for his crime. A teenage boy faces his past and seeks redemption in the gripping companion book to Red. After just a month he makes a bold escape that nearly kills him and soon an angry fourteen-year-old Digger is on the run. Priscilla Cummings is the author of Red Kayak and A Face First, an ALA Notable Book. Buy a cheap copy of The Journey Back book by Priscilla Cummings. Language eng Summary After breaking out of juvenile detention, fourteen-year-old Digger stops his trek across Maryland at a campground where he recovers from injuries, cares for little Luke, works with smart and pretty Nora, and begins to understand how his behavior and choices shape his life Cataloging source DLC 1951- Cummings, Priscilla Dewey number Index no index present LC call number PZ7. A teenage boy faces his past and seeks redemption in the gripping companion book to Red Kayak Nine months in a juvenile detention facility was the punishment for his crime. Nine months in a juvenile detention facility was the punishment for his crime. Label The journey back Title The journey back Statement of responsibility Priscilla Cummings Creator A teenage boy faces his past and seeks redemption in the gripping companion book to Red Kayak.