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The Boy Who Ran by Michael Selden eBook Giveaway

12/4/2014

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About the Book

Title: The Boy Who Ran
Author: Michael Selden
Genre: Middle Grade Native American Culture
Number of Pages: 160
Synopsis: IPPY Gold Medal Winner, Juvenile Fiction for 2014 

The sole survivor when his village was massacred, the boy spends his days alone in the woods, feeling more kinship with the animals than with the people who took him in but never really accepted him. 

THE BOY WHO RAN is a middle grade novel about a Native American orphan trying to find a place in the world. It's written like a parable, following the boy's struggle to be seen and treated like one of The People. 

Until now, he's been satisfied to live in his own world, not really paying attention to what the others did. He's had one overwhelming obsession: to run faster than anyone else and to do so in absolute silence as he moves through the forest, like a ghost. 

It's been seven years since he was found hungry and bleeding by a hunting party after escaping the massacre. The villagers think his mind is broken and as half animal—they don't know exactly what to do with him but are kind hearted and make sure he's fed and sheltered. 

The story is set six thousand years ago in the mid-archaic period in North American.



You can read my review of The Boy Who Ran here.

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5 Comments
David Chuka link
12/5/2014 12:15:41 am

Visiting on the Kidlit Blog Hop.

Really like the cover for this book and your description makes me want to grab a copy.

Sounds like one for my library. Thanks for sharing.

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Stacie Theis
12/5/2014 01:53:13 am

It is a great story, David. Be sure to enter for a chance to win a copy!

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Barbara Ann Mojica link
12/6/2014 12:58:56 am

We need more books on the lives of Native Americans. As a adult, I loved the Jean Auel books....this reminds me of that series.

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Cheryl Carpinello link
12/7/2014 10:44:41 am

Great book for young readers! Entered the giveaway.

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Renee @ MDBR link
12/18/2014 02:37:56 am

I've seen a lot of this one in the blogosphere. I love stories focused on Native American culture - looks like a good one! Thanks for sharing in the Kid Lit Blog Hop. I entered the giveaway - thanks!

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