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The Secret Runners of New York

Matthew Reilly

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Mar 20, 2019 Brenda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019-release, paranormal, aussie-authors, sent-by-publisher, young-adult, reviewing-by-request, uncorrected-proof, own-read, dystopian, arc

Twin siblings, Skye and Red Rogers had no choice but to move to Manhattan when their father became unable to care for them, (plus an incident from Skye’s past had bearing on the decision) but to move in with their mother and step-father was not what Skye wished for. She and her mother had never seen eye to eye; but going to a new high school was even worse to comprehend. Red immediately slotted in with the cool kids – that was his way – but Skye was awkward and uncomfortable. It was Jenny who ma ...more

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Feb 27, 2020 Kathryn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020-reading-list, fiction, australian-authors, 4-5-stars, aty-2020

Such a clever idea!! I do quite like a good time travel book. I thought this was going to be a bit too YA for me in the beginning, but it sorted itself out. Some of the aspects of the time travel did my head in when I was trying to work out the intricacies, but it was a fun read!

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Apr 08, 2019 Jenny (Bookbookowl) rated it really liked it

Many thanks to Pan Macmillan Australia for providing me with a copy of The Secret Runners of New York in exchange for an honest review.

Phew, what a ride! Set in a school for the extremely wealthy, The Secret Runners of New York explores the divide, and sometimes simmering hatred, between the super rich, and anyone they class as beneath them.

When Skye starts at her new school, she's desperate to blend into the background and avoid a social freeze out like she experienced at her last school. B ...more

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