See You Around, Sam! — Lois Lowry

Sam Krupnik gets angry with his mother when she won't let him wear his new plastic fangs in the house. He plans to run away to Alaska, where walruses have tusks that sort of look like fangs. As Sam stops at neighbors' houses to say goodbye, he gets a lot of advice and loads of stuff to carry along. After a while, his bag gets very heavy.The fangs smell and taste terrible. Sam feels miserable but wonders what will happen if he changes his mind about running away to Alaska.