Runner - Hardcover

Deuker, Carl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618542981 ISBN 13: 9780618542987

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005

Synopsis

Living with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on Puget Sound has been hard on seventeen-year-old Chance Taylor, but when his love of running leads to a high-paying job, he quickly learns that the money is not worth the risk.

About this title

Book Description:

2006 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.

About the Author:

Carl Deuker participated in several sports as a boy. He was good enough to make most teams, but not quite good enough to play much. He describes himself as a classic second-stringer. "I was too slow and too short for basketball; I was too small for football, a little too chicken to hang in there against the best fastballs. So, by my senior year the only sport I was still playing was golf." Carl still loves playing golf early on Sunday mornings at Jefferson Park in Seattle, the course on which Fred Couples learned to play. His handicap at present is 13.
Combining his enthusiasm for both writing and athletics, Carl has created many exciting, award-winning novels for young adults. He currently lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife and daughter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0618542981
• ISBN 13: 9780618542987
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216