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Runner Hardback - 2005

by Carl Deuker; Thomas Perry

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But the weather-beaten sailboat Chance Taylor and his father call home is thirty years old and hasn’t sailed in years. One step from both homelessness and hunger, Chance worries about things other kids his age never give a thought: Where will the money come for the electricity bill, grocery bill, and moorage fees? So when a new job falls his way, he jumps at the opportunity. He knows how much he will earn; what he doesn’t know is how much he will pay.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Runner
  • Author Carl Deuker; Thomas Perry
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2005
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0618542981I4N00
  • ISBN 9780618542987 / 0618542981
  • Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.36 x 6.38 x 0.86 in (21.23 x 16.21 x 2.18 cm)
  • Age range 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Reading level 670
  • Category Young Adult Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Poverty, Single-parent families
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004015781
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 1

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Summary

But the weather-beaten sailboat Chance Taylor and his father call home is thirty years old and hasn’t sailed in years. One step from both homelessness and hunger, Chance worries about things other kids his age never give a thought: Where will the money come for the electricity bill, grocery bill, and moorage fees? So when a new job falls his way, he jumps at the opportunity. He knows how much he will earn; what he doesn’t know is how much he will pay.

Reader reviews for Runner

Media reviews

"The sports and suspenseful action will easily draw readers, as will the gripping adventure’s deeper issues of crime, class, ineffectual parents, and a teen’s questions about his uncertain future." Booklist, ALA

"Writing in a fast-paced, action-packed, but at the same time reflective style, Deuker uses fewer sports scenes than in his previous novels, and instead uses running as a hook to entice readers into a perceptive coming-of-age novel." School Library Journal

"Fast-paced and suspenseful." Horn Book
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