The Question and Answer section for Runner is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
chapter 1:
Charlie and the others then meet Squizzy Taylor, a physically small but powerful street criminal. One of the boys, Barlow, bullies Charlie, but he pays more attention to Squizzy and to Dasher, who give the boys their assignment –...
Charlie prefers running barefoot, and he believes that doing so gives him an edge against the other runners because they don't expect it.
"That's right. I don't know if yer gunna like what I'm up ta, Mr. Redmond, but I ran barefoot ta give me...
From the text:
In the seedy streets of Richmond, you would not find two finer neighbors than the Redmonds, and, if truth be known, they were more like grandparents to my brother and me. Pg. 1
Whenever I needed company, I found myself visiting the...
