Running the Risk (Orca Soundings) - Softcover

Choyce, Lesley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554690250 ISBN 13: 9781554690251

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

After being the victim of an armed robbery, Sean should be terrified but he isn't.

Sean finds he likes the rush that comes from danger and tries to recreate the feeling. But when his risk-taking leads him to some of the worst parts of town and he finds himself face-to-face with the original armed robbers, he finds he must do the right thing.

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read!

About this title

About the Author

Lesley Choyce, who has been teaching English and creative writing for over thirty years, is the author of more than ninety books of literary fiction, short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction and young adult novels. He has won the Dartmouth Book Award, the Atlantic Poetry Prize and the Ann Connor Brimer Award. He has also been short-listed for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor, the White Pine Award, the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, the Aurora Award from the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association and, most recently, the Governor General's Literary Award. He lives in Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia.

From the Back Cover

Danger, risk, responsibility

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

The door opened and two guys with ski masks on walked in. One walked straight to me. The other went straight to Lacey at her register. As they approached, I saw the guns come up. Lacey, Cam and I froze. The roomsuddenly went dead quiet except for the sound of hamburgers sizzling in the back and the buzz of the overhead fluorescent lights. I'd never even noticed the hum of the fluorescent lights before.

Edition details

• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554690250
• ISBN 13: 9781554690251
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144