The Runaway

Terry Kay

earliest edition we have, 1997 Bookcassette, 1997 audiobook

"Tom and Son Jesus, two 12-year-old boys--one black and one white born the same hour of the same day--are best friends, bound by deep ties and who spend their days dreaming, fishing, and trying to escape work. But their fun comes to an abrupt halt when they discover a human bone, which later turns out to be part of the skeletal remains of Son Jesus' long missing father. As sheriff Frank Rucker, a World War II hero, b...

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Editions we hold

The runaway edition · 2014 · Untreed Reads, LLC · 467 pages · 9781611877571
The Runaway edition · 2000 · Harper Perennial · 416 pages · 9780380813421
Runaway edition · 1999 · Bt Bound · 9780613086837
The Runaway edition · 1998 · Avon Books · 485 pages · 9780380729043
The Runaway hardcover · 1998 · Guildamerica Books · 912 pages · 9781568655680
The runaway edition · 1997 · W. Morrow · 406 pages
The Runaway (Bookcassette(r) Edition) audiobook · 1997 · Bookcassette · 9781561007752

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