num_pages: 287
description: Bullet Tillerman is a loner, with little interest in anyone or anything except running. But this is the 1960s, and with racial war at home and the Vietnam War abroad, Bullet's beliefs have to change. Is black athlete Tamer Shipp the person who will help him to make that change?A gut-wrenching story about war, racism and strength of personality, The Runner builds on characters introduced in Book One of the Tillerman Series, Homecoming, now a Collins Modern Classic.
language: English
title: The Runner
titlecomplete: The Runner (Tillerman Family, #4)
genres: Family, Fiction, Juvenile, Teen, Realistic Fiction, Sports, Young Adult, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 2923
series: Tillerman Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Zilveren Griffel, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Jugendbuch
publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books