Cover art for Runner
Published
Puffin, May 2005
ISBN
9780143302070
Format
Softcover, 240 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 13cm × 1.7cm

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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 . . .

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