{"product_id":"runner-paperback","title":"Runner - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarl Deuker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuspenseful, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a kid desperate to escape poverty, the job seems perfect. But what's really inside the packages he runs?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA High-Stakes Thriller: \u003c\/b\u003e Seventeen-year-old Chance is a runner, but this daily route involves more than just exercise--it involves mysterious packages, a shady deal, and dangers he can't comprehend.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMoral Dilemma: \u003c\/b\u003e The cash is good, a lifeline for him and his alcoholic father. But when Chance suspects he's a pawn in a much larger, deadlier game, he has to decide how much his integrity is worth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoverty and Privilege: \u003c\/b\u003e A gritty look at life on the margins, contrasting a teen living on a broken-down sailboat with the seemingly perfect lives of his classmates.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Patriotic Question: \u003c\/b\u003e In a world shaped by terrorism, Chance is forced to confront what patriotism really means and where his loyalties truly lie.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Deuker\u003c\/b\u003e is a celebrated author of \"top flight sports writing matched to uncommonly perceptive coming of age stories\" (Kirkus Reviews). He describes his younger self 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.\" He was a teacher for many years in the Seattle area, where he now lives with his wife. carldeuker.ag sites.net\/bio.htm \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Runner\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44070192021638,"sku":"9780618735051","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/3446\/5926\/files\/laYyYab2RJ9780618735051.webp?v=1781546542","url":"https:\/\/profixdiy.com\/products\/runner-paperback","provider":"ProFix Home Repair","version":"1.0","type":"link"}