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Newton, Robert

Runner

209 pp. | Knopf | April, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-83744-9 $15.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-93744-6 $18.99
(4) YA In the 1919 Melbourne, Australia, slums, fleet-footed fifteen-year-old Charlie Feehan is hired to run errands for a notorious mobster. When a friend gets hurt, Charlie quits to enter a prestigious one-mile race. This promising first novel features a strong, distinct voice, a vivid setting, and almost too much incident. The gritty, absorbing realism devolves into over-the-top sentiment by the end. Glos.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

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