Request #399 From Rayleen

I read this book in middle school so it should be published before 2011. It was in my school library if that helps. ****** TW***** The cover was of a young girl purple/blueish book and she has blonde hair and blue eyes. It’s a photo of a girl.The plot is that protagonist has an extremely abusive mother. She is 12 and runaways I believe to her grandmother home that’s states away on a bike ? I just remember that she had a giant liter of soda and survived off that. I believe it was 7up. I think she had a little sister too who she took with her. I think it maybe based in the southern United States (I might wrong)In the end she finally makes it her grandmothers home and her mother comes and physically beats her on the front yard ? But mother finally gets arrested. The protagonist lives a peaceful life afterwards. I believe the author wrote it based on her life. It maybe fiction though. It seemed like it was based in modern times. But I believe there were no cell phones in the book. It helped me overcome a lot of my own inner turmoil as preteen like the protagonist who had family issues as well. I would like to reread it now as an adult. Thank you