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Runner

Robert Newton

2007209 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2007
first published
  • 2007Alfred A. Knopf · 209 pages · ENGISBN 9780375837449

In Richmond, Australia, in 1919, fifteen-year-old Charlie Feehan becomes an errand boy for a notorious mobster, hoping that his ability to run will help him, his widowed mother, and his baby brother to escape poverty.

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Character focusSmall ensemble

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesFamily
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