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The Runaways

The Smiler Trilogy, Book 1

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The Runaways

By: Victor Canning
Narrated by: John Higgins
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Summary

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.

©1972 Victor Canning (P)2022 Duckworth Books Ltd
Action & Adventure Classics Coming of Age Literature & Fiction
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