num_pages: 320
description: A SPEEDING BULLETBullet Tillerman runs. He runs to escape the criticism of his harsh, unforgiving father. He runs to numb the pain of his mother's inability to express her love. He is the star of the school track team, but he isn't a team man and doesn't want to be. Bullet runs for himself.Bullet is unlikely choice to be asked to coach a new, African-American team member. But in coaching Tamer Shipp, Bullet learns some things about himself -- who he is, and who he can perhaps become.
language: English
title: The Runner
titlecomplete: The Runner (Tillerman Cycle, #4)
genres: Teen, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Family, Historical Fiction, Sports, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 2923
series: Tillerman Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Zilveren Griffel, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Jugendbuch
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers