Runaways
Published on 6. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-84780-080-0 (ISBN)
Description
Ordinary kids with extraordinary powers, the Street Heroes return to help children around the world. Fatima, Georgie, Hyun-mi and their friends fight evil in all its human forms. But whose is the mysterious telepathic voice threatening the heroes? And how can they exploit the world's reality TV addiction to make their message heard by people without their telepathic powers?
Street Heroes: Runaways is a fast-paced thriller that deals with important issues while keeping readers gripped from start to finish.
By the aclaimed author of Ghostscape and Street Heroes.
Follow Joe Layburn's blog by clicking here
Street Heroes: Runaways is a fast-paced thriller that deals with important issues while keeping readers gripped from start to finish.
By the aclaimed author of Ghostscape and Street Heroes.
Follow Joe Layburn's blog by clicking here
Reviews / Votes
This powerful and pacey novel is a follow up to 'Street Heroes'... There are strong messages, and the book encourages readers to engage with political and world issues though not in an overly didactic way.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
113 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84780-080-0 (9781847800800)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Persons
Joe Layburn worked for fifteen years as a journalist and television reporter with BBC, ITV and Channel 4, often working on programmes focusing on children, and has been nominated for the Royal Television Society's home current affairs award. In 2002 he switched to teaching, and started working in East End schools. It was here that he heard the little-known story of South Hallsville School, Canning Town where, during the Blitz, around 500 people fled after their own homes were destroyed - and the school itself was demolished by a bomb. This was the inspiration for his novel, Ghostscape - Joe's first book for children. Follow Joe Layburn's blog by clicking here
To read an interview with Joe Layburn, click here
John Williams (1922-1994) was born and raised in Northeast Texas. Despite a talent for writing and acting, Williams flunked out of a local junior college after his first year. He reluctantly joined the war effort, enlisting in the Army Air Corps, and managing to write a draft of his first novel while there. Once home, Williams found a small publisher for the novel and enrolled at the University of Denver, where he was eventually to receive both his B.A. and M.A., and where he was to return as an instructor in 1954. Williams remained on the staff of the creative writing program at the University of Denver until his retirement in 1985. During these years, he was an active guest lecturer and writer, publishing two volumes of poetry and three novels, Butcher's Crossing, Stoner, and the National Book Award-winning Augustus.
To read an interview with Joe Layburn, click here
John Williams (1922-1994) was born and raised in Northeast Texas. Despite a talent for writing and acting, Williams flunked out of a local junior college after his first year. He reluctantly joined the war effort, enlisting in the Army Air Corps, and managing to write a draft of his first novel while there. Once home, Williams found a small publisher for the novel and enrolled at the University of Denver, where he was eventually to receive both his B.A. and M.A., and where he was to return as an instructor in 1954. Williams remained on the staff of the creative writing program at the University of Denver until his retirement in 1985. During these years, he was an active guest lecturer and writer, publishing two volumes of poetry and three novels, Butcher's Crossing, Stoner, and the National Book Award-winning Augustus.