Runner
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 timely,...
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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 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 author Carl Deuker.
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780618542987 (0618542981)
ASIN: 9780618542987
Publish date: 28-05-2005
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Crime,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
High School,
Fiction
Edwin suggested this book. I read it over the first few weeks of PCR. I found the story to progress very fast due to short, action-filled chapters. The main character is hard-pressed for money, and his dad is a drunk. He resorts to dangerous, sketchy means to make ends meet. Without spoiling the sho...
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