The Runner - Couverture souple

Gray, Keith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0749732261 ISBN 13 : 9780749732264

Editeur : Mammoth, 1998

Synopsis

Jason has had enough of his parents' arguments. He's running away to stay with his brother in Liverpool. On the train journey he meets a "runner" called Jam, who lives on the Intercity trains and stations. Jason thinks he might join Jam. Then Jason discovers Jam's secret.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Keith was born and brought up in Grimsby and knew from an early age that he wanted to be a writer. When he received 0% for his accountancy exams he decided to pursue his dream.

Since then, he has gone on to win the Angus Book Award and the silver medal in the Smarties Prize. He has twice been shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Booktrust Teen Prize and the Scottish Arts Council Book Award. Rave reviews about his writing have appeared in every broadsheet. Keith was a judge for the Blue Peter Book Award, the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Bookstrust Teen Prize and reviews regularly for the Guardian.

Keith is now a full-time writer living in Edinburgh.

Quatrième de couverture

Jason has had enough of his parents' arguments. He's running away to stay with his brother in Liverpool.

Once on the monster Intercity train, he meets Jam, who introduces him to the secret world of the 'Runners'. But there is one secret Jam doesn't tell him...

'A skillful and credible modern fantasy'. The Guardian.

'Insightful and entirely believable, this story is a gem'. Young Booktrust.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mammoth
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0749732261
• ISBN 13: 9780749732264
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Scruton Clive
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible