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The Runaway : a Novel by Kay, Terry is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Runaway : a Novel about?
The Runaway is the novel Terry Kay has wanted to write his entire career: the story of the earliest beginnings of desegregation in the South. Set in the 1940s and using as a springboard the relationship of two boys - one black and the other white - who have been mysteriously ordained at birth to spark the flames of change, The Runaway examines the joys, sorrows, conflicts, and racial disharmony of their historically biased environment. Tom and Son Jesus spend their days daydreaming, fishing, and trying to escape work. But their fun abruptly comes to a halt when they discover a bone during a fanciful runaway. The bone turns out to be part of the skeletal remains of Son Jesus' long-missing father, and leads to an investigation by Sheriff Frank Rucker, a World War II hero, that unmasks the racially motivated killer known only as Pegleg. The sheriff's findings divide the people of Overton County, forcing a surprising conclusion - or beginning - of justice.
Who reads The Runaway : a Novel?
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Kay, Terry
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780688150334
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (97 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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