[bookshare-discuss] "On the Run" by Michael Coleman
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:48:08 -0700 (PDT)
My wishes-to-remain-anonymous friend sent me a review
of this book because she thought it would be a good
addition to the collection if it isn't already in. I
checked the collection, the download list and
Marissa's List and, though there are two other books
with that title, this book is not one of them.
I agree with my friend that it sounds like a good book
for teenages, as the review suggests. The review is
from the Huntsville, Alabama Times, Sunday, June 12. I
have abridged it.
> Book Review: "On the Run" by Michael Coleman
>
> By SARA McDARIS For The Times
>
> "Brit's book geared to teens, but its messages will
> resonate with all ages
> ...
> This novel, written for teenagers but interesting
> enough for adults, takes
> place in London. It begins, "Luke was a thief." The
> assertion reverberates
> throughout a book just the right length for teens.
>
> Caught between the law and the rules of a teenage
> gang, Luke is buffeted as
> the pressure from each group grows. His own thoughts
> buffet him just as
> fiercely as he weighs the options presented him.
>
...
[Another character is] "Jodi. ...
> Jodi is blind, trying to lead a normal life. Luke
> tries to steal a pair of
> running shoes out of a car. The shoes were Jodi's.
> The theft goes bad as his
> break-in is overtaken by gang members who stole the
> car.
>
> Jodi is preparing for a big run, part of which is
> for blind people. She
> decides that Luke should be her guide, since she
> knows how fast he ran to
> get away from her father after [an] attempted theft.
> The court decides this
> can be Luke's reparation, rather than being locked
> up.
>
> Two months pass as Jodi and Luke prepare for the
> race. In that time, Luke
> learns how blind people navigate through their
> world, how Jodi has a hidden
> agenda, how difficult it is to escape a reputation,
> how difficult it is to
> escape a gang, how difficult are the lives of his
> father and mother.
>
> It comes down to a decision he must make about the
> day of the race. Not only
> is it important for the day, but it will set the
> direction of the rest of
> his life.
>
> Here is a book that has imbedded in it a set of
> moral values. Guaranteed to
> hold the attention of the reader, it subtly makes
> its statement surrounded
> by high drama.
>
> Michael Coleman, an Englishman who has written a
> number of funny sports
> stories, now adds to that list this gripping novel
> of misdirection, loss and
> redemption.
>
> Sara McDaris of Huntsville is a regionally known
> storyteller.
>
Cindy
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