Running

by Don Sawyer

Running is a fast-paced story about friendship, redemption, and the triumph of love Louie and Paul come from very different worlds Yet they have one thing in common -- tragedies have shattered their families To bury their hurt, they run fast and relentlessly A chance accident on the trails brings the two boys together, and an unlikely friendship grows Joined by Annie, another loner who has secrets of her own, they form a threesome that runs like the wind in the hills above their town But a disastrous attempt by Paul to join the school's cross country squad and an explosive encounter with their star runner turns the alliance upside down Overcoming their anger and loneliness, the three find a way to become a team again -- and hatch an outrageous plot along the way!

179 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2011

About the author

I am an educator and writer living in Salmon Arm, BC with my wife, Jan, and Finnish Lapphund (well, he’s a rescue dog, but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it) Farley. About five years ago I retired from Okanagan College, where I had taught adult education, served as the college’s ABE Department Chair, Director of the International Development Centre, and Curriculum Director of the Native Adult Education Resource Centre. While with the IDC, I coordinated and managed five CIDA-funded development projects in West Africa, including the West African Rural Development Centre (WARD) project, shortlisted for the 2005 Canadian development project of the year.

I am the author of more than 10 books, including the award-winning young adult novel Where the Rivers Meet (Pemmican); a non-fiction account of my first teaching experiences in rural Newfoundland (Tomorrow Is School, Bendall Books); several children’s books, including The Meanest Teacher in the World and Miss Flint Meets the Great Kweskin (Chestnut Publishing); a series of novels for beginning adult readers, and numerous curriculum guides and manuals. My essays have appeared in most of Canada’s major newspapers.