num_pages: 224
description: When 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.Suspenseful, 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. 
language: English
title: Runner
titlecomplete: Runner
genres: Sports, Crime, Young Adult, Suspense, School, Teen, Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Mystery, Family
ratings_count: 3381
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Gateway Readers Award
publisher: Clarion Books