| Runner Contributor(s): Deuker, Carl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618735054 ISBN-13: 9780618735051 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: Suspenseful, fast-paced, and timely, this novel avoids easy answers as it examines issues of terrorism and patriotism, fear and courage, and lives of privilege and poverty. This brand-new paperback edition includes a Q-and-A with the author. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Young Adult Fiction | Law & Crime - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 670 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.25" (0.40 lbs) 224 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 87367 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When a new job falls his way, Chance jumps at the opportunity, becoming a runner who picks up strange packages on a daily route and delivers them to a shady man at the marina. Chase knows how much he will earn--what he doesn't know is how much he will pay. Suspenseful, fast-paced, and poignant, this novel avoids easy answers as it examines issues of terrorism and patriotism, fear and courage, and the lives of privilege and poverty. |
Contributor Bio(s): Deuker, Carl: - Carl Deuker is a celebrated author of "top-flight sports writing matched to uncommonly perceptive coming-of-age stories" (Kirkus Reviews). He describes his younger self as a classic second-stringer: "I was too slow and too short for basketball; I was too small for football, a little too chicken to hang in there against the best fastballs. So, by my senior year the only sport I was still playing was golf." He was a teacher for many years in the Seattle area, where he now lives with his wife. |