Runners, 9781908373762
Paperback
From the award-winning author of four other books for young adults comes Runners, a fast-paced novel set in the near future, in a world almost unrecognisable as our own.

Runners

$39.77

  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 1970

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Summary

As mankind strives to rebuild society in the wake of climate change, over-population and global food shortages, every day is a struggle for people like Sid and his younger sister Lo. They are ‘runners’- people whose very survival the government has outlawed. As they move west, trying to find family or somewhere they can call home, they must work out which of the people they meet on the way can be trusted, and which want to cut their adventure short. Encountering people on both sides of the la…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781908373762
ISBN-10:1908373768
Author:Ann Kelley
Publisher:Luath Press Limited
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:1 January 1970
Weight:404g
Dimensions:23mm x 143mm x 212mm
About The Author

Ann Kelley

Ann Kelley is a photographer and prize-winning poet who once nearly played cricket for Cornwall. She has previously published a collection of poems and photographs, a book of photos of St. Ives families and an audio book of cat stories. She lives with her second husband and several cats on the edge of a cliff in Cornwall where they have survived a flood, a landslip, a lightning strike and the roof blowing off. She runs courses for aspiring poets at her home, writing courses for medics and medical students, and speaks about her poetry therapy work with patients at medical conferences.

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