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Nathan's Run
Nathan's Run
Author: John Gilstrap
Twelve-year-old Nathan steals a car to escape his hated guardian, an uncle who is after his inheritance. When he is consequently locked in a juvenile detention facility, Nathan escapes after killing a guard in self-defense. Nathan goes on the lam and the country sympathetically follows via his periodic calls to a radio talk show.
ISBN-13: 9780060173852
ISBN-10: 0060173858
Publication Date: 3/1996
Pages: 293
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  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Harpercollins
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 0
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"John Gillestrap pushes every thilller button and acroitly blends a twisting plot with pointed conmmentary on contemoporary issues...Skinll in rendering the thoughts of an intelligent young boy...nail biting denouement and strong peripheral characters"
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An engaging story of a young man who has no luck at all. He's caught in circumstances not of his doing nor in his control. Very readable, a good "beach book".
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This is serious fun...suspense, and a clever plot..
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Interesting read..
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"Beginning with a savage killing at a suburban Virginia juvenile detention center, 'Nathan's Run' shuttles its diminutive protagonist, twelve year old Nathan Bailey, through a terrifying gauntlet. Accused of murder and branded a cop-killer, Nathan becomes the subject of a nation-wide manhunt even as a vicious hitman is closing in on him.

Orphaned and alone, Nathan has nowhere to turn for help.
To stay alive he can only count on himself: on his agility, natural cleverness, and honesty. Ironically, the latter proves a formidable weapon as the boy endears himself to a national radio talk host, and, along the way, pleads his case to a rapt nation.

Electrifying, achingly poignant, and filled with profound insights into the war society wages against its children, 'Nathan's Run' is truly a remarkable debut."
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Suspenseful book on tape.


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