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Runners
Ann Kelley
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Description for Runners
Paperback.
As mankind strives to rebuild society in the wake of climate change, over-population and global food shortages, every day is a struggle for people like Sid and his younger sister Lo. They are ‘runners’- people whose very survival the government has outlawed. As they move west, trying to find family or somewhere they can call home, they must work out which of the people they meet on the way can be trusted, and which want to cut their adventure short. Encountering people on both sides of the law, as well as those who seem to exist outside it, Sid and ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908373762
SKU
V9781908373762
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-46
About Ann Kelley
ANN KELLEY is a photographer and prize-winning poet who has previously published a collection of poetry and photographs, a book of St Ives family portraits, a series of novels (including one which was the recipient of the Costa Children’s Book Award 2007), and an audio book. She lives on a cliff in Cornwall with her cats and second husband, where ... Read more
Reviews for Runners
Tough, tense and moving... Runners dramatises a society with its back to the wall, which has shucked off any pretence of caring for the weak and vulnerable. It’s a disturbing and compulsive read that makes you realise that not so very much needs to change for this to happen here.HELEN DUNMORE Kelley... creates very vivid and engaging young chararcters. ... Read more