Runner: A Suspenseful Young Adult Novel of Privilege, Poverty, and the High Price of Opportunity

Runner: A Suspenseful Young Adult Novel of Privilege, Poverty, and the High Price of Opportunity

<DIV>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>This brand new paperback edition includes a Q and A with author Carl Deuker.<br></div>