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When a persistent youth offender is caught yet again, he is sentenced to community service as the partner to a blind runner.

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Fifteen-year-old Luke is a skilled thief with a perfect record until the day he is caught running from a robbery gone wrong. He chooses to save the life of a blind girl, Jodi, rather than escape cleanly. As a result, Luke is given a shot at freedom if he will train to be Jodi's guide in the London Marathon. The friendship that develops between the two offers Luke one last chance to discover just how far-and in what direction-he is willing to run. A taut, unpredictable read, this novel will appeal to anyone who has changed course in life . . . or is trying to figure out how. It was a very good book. I enjoyed the lesson it teaches through the book.
I would recommend this, because this book is full of excitment, you don't lose interest in it. It starts right off with action, and it is good.
4Q, 4P; Cover Art: Okay.
This book is best suited for highschoolers.
It was selected because it looked good.
Grade (Of reviewer):11th
(TS-AHS-NC)

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Canonical title
On the Run
Original title
Going Straight

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Fiction and Literature, Tween, Poetry, Kids, Teen, Children's Books
DDC/MDS
811.009Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican poetrySpecific kinds of poetry {only by more than one author}Modified standard subdivisionsHistory, description, critical appraisal of American poetry
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PZ7 .C67716 .OLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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English, French
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Paper
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