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Runner

by Newton, Robert

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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.

FictionHistoryJuvenile fictionMothers and sonsOrganized crimePovertyRunning