Away Running

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Synopsis

Matt, a white quarterback from Montreal, Quebec, flies to France (without his parents' permission) to play football and escape family pressure.

Freeman, a black football player from San Antonio, Texas, is in Paris on a school trip when he hears about a team playing American football in a rough, low-income suburb called Villeneuve-La-Grande.

Matt and Free join the Diables Rouges and make friends with the other players, who come from many different ethnic groups. Racial tension erupts into riots in Villeneuve when some of their Muslim teammates get in trouble with the police, and Matt and Free have to decide whether to get involved and face the very real risk of arrest and violence.

Copyright:
2016

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
312 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781459810488
Related ISBNs:
9781459810464, 9781459810471
Publisher:
Orca Book Publishers
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
David Wright Luc Bouchard
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Sports, Teens, Travel, Literature and Fiction
Grade Levels:
Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Reading Age:
12–16
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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