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This was a YA book, probably written in the early to mid-1980s. The cover had a dark blue border and a picture of two kids looking frightened and hiding behind a bush, crouched down low. The kids were wearing backpacks and had identical or very similar haircuts, something between a bowl cut and that "curtains" style that was popular in the '90s. I believe one of them was wearing a purple and green striped rugby shirt. A dark figure in the background seemed to be looking for the kids.

I remember very little about the plot. The children were brother and sister (the sister was a little older) and had run away from home together, perhaps because their parents were getting divorced and they didn't want to be split up. I remember them packing supplies in their backpacks, and I think they were planning to live in a public park for a while. The girl may have cut her hair like her brother's, in hopes that anyone looking for them would mistake her for a boy.

If anyone has any idea what book this is, please let me know! Thanks!

Edit: FOUND! The book I was looking for is At the Sound of the Beep, by Marilyn Sachs. The kids are hiding behind a tree, not in a bush, and I don't know where I got that idea about the rugby shirt, but this is definitely the right book. Thanks for your help!
[personal profile] ronudea09
Can’t find this book and it’s driving me insane. Believe I read it about 5 years ago in a library. What I remember is it’s a teenage boy maybe on holiday by the sea Andrew it switches between being narrated by him and a girl who lives there. He meets her at the beach and her distinguishing feature is the fact she smokes cigarettes and wears bright red lipstick. The girls unhappy with her life and convinced him to run away and somewhere along the way they join a circus. I think after time the boy gets jealous because she falls in love with one of the performers. There’s a conflict and all I remember is at the end they have to perform a magical/superstisous ceremony in a dark room with mirrors??? To release someone?? It’s driving me mad!

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