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Runner by Carl Deuker

Runner

Carl Deuker

HarperCollins · Paperback · April 23, 2007

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.

YA AdventureAddiction & Substance Use for TeensYA Crime & Lawsuspense
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Who it’s for
A fast-paced novel pairs the pull of a risky job with questions that resist easy answers.
Genres
YA Crime & Law, YA Adventure, Addiction & Substance Use for Teens
Published
HarperCollins, April 23, 2007

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About this book

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.

Tension With Teeth

A fast-paced novel pairs the pull of a risky job with questions that resist easy answers.

Come here for

  • A quick-moving suspense story with moral questions close behind
  • Tension around fear, courage, privilege, and poverty

Expect

  • Daily-route suspense and a costly unknown
  • A thoughtful look at patriotism and terrorism

Where it sits

Addiction & Substance Use for Teens52%
YA Crime & Law47%
YA Adventure35%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Adventure
  • YA Crime & Law
  • Homelessness & Poverty for Teens
  • Violence & Trauma
Authors
Carl Deuker
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
April 23, 2007
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
YA Adventure