num_pages: 217
description: It was the 1960s, the time of the Vietnam War. "Bullet" Tillerman, the school track star, had to decide if he would go to fight or stay on the family farm. Bullet's father, who had already driven Bullet's older brother and sister out of the house, made impossible demands on him. And his mother seemed to have lost the will to resist the old man. Meanwhile, at school, a black student joined the track team, forcing Bullet to question his own prejudices. But nothing would keep him from running. Nothing.
language: English
title: The Runner
titlecomplete: The Runner (Tillerman Family, #4)
genres: Fiction, Family, Juvenile, Teen, Young Adult, Sports, Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 2923
series: Tillerman Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Zilveren Griffel, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Jugendbuch
publisher: Fawcett