Cover of Runt

Book 2006

Runt

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Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Language
English
Published
2006
  • Social Issues - Adolescence
  • Fiction
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Cancer
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Conduct of life

Although he tries to make a home with his older sister and her boyfriend after his mother's death, twelve-year-old Runt feels like an outsider until a young cancer patient and his family show him how life can become more meaningful.