Runner, Robert Newton
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Runner, Robert Newton
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Runner
Oclc number
1137010485
Responsibility statement
Robert Newton
Summary
It's 1919, Richmond football club is on top of the ladder, cream buns are threepence each and four boys are gunning for the best job in town. Charlie is lucky enough to win the prime job - running messages for Squizzy Taylor, the most dangerous gangster in Melbourne. But things start to get a little too hot for Charlie, so he decides to take the money and run
Target audience
adolescent
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- Theft -- Young adult fiction
- Historical fiction -- Young adult fiction
- Mothers and sons -- Young adult fiction
- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Young adult fiction
- Australia -- History -- 20th century -- Young adult fiction
- Poverty -- Young adult fiction
- Gangsters -- Young adult fiction
- Richmond (Vic.) -- Young adult fiction
- Running -- Young adult fiction
- Organized crime -- Young adult fiction
- Teenage boys -- Young adult fiction
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- Theft -- Young adult fiction
- Historical fiction -- Young adult fiction
- Mothers and sons -- Young adult fiction
- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Young adult fiction
- Australia -- History -- 20th century -- Young adult fiction
- Poverty -- Young adult fiction
- Gangsters -- Young adult fiction
- Richmond (Vic.) -- Young adult fiction
- Running -- Young adult fiction
- Organized crime -- Young adult fiction
- Teenage boys -- Young adult fiction
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