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ISBN10: 0618735054
ISBN13: 9780618735051
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: Apr 23 2007
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.25
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780618735051
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: Apr 23 2007
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.25
Language: English
When a new job falls his way, Chance jumps at the opportunity, becoming a runner who picks up strange packages on a daily route and delivers them to a shady man at the marina. Chase knows how much he will earn--what he doesn't know is how much he will pay.
Suspenseful, fast-paced, and poignant, this novel avoids easy answers as it examines issues of terrorism and patriotism, fear and courage, and the lives of privilege and poverty.
For a kid desperate to escape poverty, the job seems perfect. But what's really inside the packages he runs?
- A High-Stakes Thriller: Seventeen-year-old Chance is a runner, but this daily route involves more than just exercise--it involves mysterious packages, a shady deal, and dangers he can't comprehend.
- Moral Dilemma: The cash is good, a lifeline for him and his alcoholic father. But when Chance suspects he's a pawn in a much larger, deadlier game, he has to decide how much his integrity is worth.
- Poverty and Privilege: A gritty look at life on the margins, contrasting a teen living on a broken-down sailboat with the seemingly perfect lives of his classmates.
- A Patriotic Question: In a world shaped by terrorism, Chance is forced to confront what patriotism really means and where his loyalties truly lie.
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