
Runners
Ann Kelley(Author)
Luath Press Ltd
Will be published approx. on 16. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-910021-16-3 (ISBN)
Description
As mankind strives to rebuild society in the wake of climate change, over-population and global food shortages, every day is a struggle for people like Sid and his younger sister Lo. They are 'runners'- people whose very survival the government has outlawed. As they move west, trying to find family or somewhere they can call home, they must work out which of the people they meet on the way can be trusted, and which want to cut their adventure short. Encountering people on both sides of the law, as well as those who seem to exist outside it, Sid and Lo make and lose friends as they fight for their lives and each other.
Reviews / Votes
Tough, tense and moving... Runners dramatises a society with its back to the wall, which has shucked off any pretence of caring for the weak and vulnerable. It's a disturbing and compulsive read that makes you realise that not so very much needs to change for this to happen here.HELEN DUNMOREKelley... creates very vivid and engaging young chararcters. KATE SAUNDERS, THE TIMES
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Reading Age: From 12 to 18 years, Interest Age: From 12 to 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 186 mm
Width: 122 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
130 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910021-16-3 (9781910021163)
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Person
ANN KELLEY is a photographer and prize-winning poet who has previously published a collection of poetry and photographs, a book of St Ives family portraits, a series of novels (including one which was the recipient of the Costa Children's Book Award 2007), and an audio book. She lives on a cliff in Cornwall with her cats and second husband, where they have survived a flood, a landslip, a lightning strike, and the roof blowing off. She runs courses for aspiring poets from her home.

