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It was the 1960s, the time of the Vietnam War. "Bullet" Tillerman, the school track star, had to decide if he would go to fight or stay on the family farm. Bullet's father, who had already driven Bullet's older brother and sister out of the house, made impossible demands on him. And his mother seemed to have lost the will to resist the old man. Meanwhile, at school, a black student joined the track team, forcing Bullet to question his own prejudices. But nothing would keep him from running. Nothing.
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Nancy B. (Bullet Tillerman, at 17, answers to no one. He runs "because it was what he did, what he was.He didn't run to win races, or to beat anybody. He ran because his body was built for it. He ran for himself. Simple as that." And he's not a team player! Bullet is not a character who will be forgotten easily."
This is the 5th or6th book in the seris that every ine should read. The tillermans are a strong family who survived even when thry were abandoned. In this book we go through the life of teh tillerman childrens unjcle, Bullet.
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