Sign-In
Cart
Run For Your Life
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $24.99
Publisher: Bruce Modzelewski
Published: Nov 21 2025
Pages: 238
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1960s Deep South, Run for Your Life is a powerful coming-of-age story that spans friendship, race, war, and the unyielding human spirit.
Two boys Will Andersen, a white kid from a broken home, and Marcus Davis, a bright young Black athlete forge an unlikely friendship through their love of football. Alongside Braxton B.T. Thomas, a gifted and fiery player from the other side of town, their lives intersect on and off the field, bound by rivalry, respect, and destiny.
As the boys grow into men, they are drawn into the Vietnam War, where survival becomes the ultimate test of courage, loyalty, and brotherhood. Through loss, pain, and triumph, Run for Your Life captures the essence of an America divided by race yet united by the shared dream of freedom and a better life.
A gripping, emotionally charged novel blending sports, history, and human drama, Bruce Modzelewski paints a vivid portrait of friendship and resilience across generations and boundaries. Perfect for fans of The Blind Side, Remember the Titans, and A Soldier's Story, this novel reminds us that true strength is found not in the absence of fear, but in the will to keep running.
1 different editions
Also available
Also from
Modzelewski, Bruce
Also in
General Fiction
Elizabeth Spencer: Novels & Stories (Loa #344): The Voice at the Back Door / The Light in the Piazza / Knights and Dragons / Stories
Spencer, Elizabeth
Hardcover
Anniversaries, Volume 2: From a Year in the Life of Gesine Cresspahl, April 1968-August 1968
Johnson, Uwe
Paperback
Philip Roth: Novels 1973-1977 (Loa #165): The Great American Novel / My Life as a Man / The Professor of Desire
Roth, Philip
Hardcover
Selected Writings: Robert Musil: Young Torless, Three Women, the Perfecting of a Love, and Other Writings
Musil, Robert
Agee, Joel
Paperback
Before Gatsby: The First Twenty-Six Stories
Bruccoli, Matthew J.
Baughman, Judith
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Paperback