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 timely, this novel avoids easy answers as it examines issues of terrorism and patriotism, fear and courage, and lives of privilege and poverty.
Young adult
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Malcolm Springwater
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9 March 2018
Best book it flows smoothly and has contrast between a life you want and the life you have. But the biggest lesson I took from it was that only your decisions can effect you in the worst ways.
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Tameyka Wyman
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21 November 2014
My english class is currently reading this and we are currently loving this book.
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Kobe Kellar
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4 April 2014
I like how we didn't know what was in the packages until the end.
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About the author
Carl Deuker is the author of many sports novels, including On the Devil's Court, Heart of a Champion, and Painting the Black, all of which were selected as ALA Best Books for Young Adults. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
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