On a night of wild storms, two troubled figures escape from captivity. One is a 15-year-old boy, Samuel Miles, a.k.a. 'Smiler', wrongly convicted of theft and sent to a young offenders institution. The other is a cheetah, Yarra, a restless resident of Longleat Wildlife Park. Both are in danger from the outside world - and each other - but somehow their lives become inextricably bound up as they fight for survival on the edge of Salisbury Plain. A fast-moving and compassionate adventure story, The Runaways is the first book in Victor Canning's classic children's trilogy.
ISBN: | 9781788423489 |
Publisher: | Duckworth Books |
Imprint: | Farrago |
Published date: | 15 Jul 2021 |
DEWEY: | 823.914 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 240 |
Weight: | 120g |
Height: | 197mm |
Width: | 131mm |
Spine width: | 20mm |