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Jul 19, 2011 · A Junior Library Guild selection. In Richmond, Australia, in 1919, fifteen-year-old Charlie Feehan becomes an errand boy for a notorious mobster, hoping that his ability to run will help him, his widowed mother, and his baby brother to escape poverty. Access-restricted-item.
To escape from the hardship of life in the slums, Charlie takes up running. One day, he skips school to compete in a race for the chance to win employment for local gangster Squizzy Taylor. Charlie wins the race, narrowly beating an aggressive boy named Jimmy Barlow.
May 30, 2005 · Runner. Robert Newton. 3.52. 1,319 ratings138 reviews. Charlie's father is dead, and although his mother insists he stay in school, Charlie has no patience for the classroom. All he wants is to make money, to give his mother and baby brother a better life.
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May 30, 2005 · Runner is a book about a young boy who works as a runner for a gangster in Melbourne in 1919. It is one of the seven novels for young people by Robert Newton, a firefighter and award-winning author.
Runner study guide contains a biography of Robert Newton, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes. More books than SparkNotes.
Mar 4, 2009 · All he wants is to make money, to give his mother and baby brother a better life. So when he catches the eye of Squizzy Taylor, a notorious mobster, and is offered a job as Squizzy's courier, it doesn't take Charlie long to accept—even if he has to go against his own mother's wishes.
All he wants is to make money, to give his mother and baby brother a better life. So when he catches the eye of Squizzy Taylor, a notorious mobster, and is offered a job as Squizzy’s courier, it doesn’t take Charlie long to accept—even if he has to go against his own mother’s wishes.
