Running On Empty: a story of family, relationships, and of knotty moments and problems that need solving but don’t have easy solutions, a story of life, really. It’s the second novel from SE Durrant (the first, A Little Bit Of Sky, I review here). She’s an interesting writer in that she kind of slides into the heart of things and does so in a very gentle, truthful and honest manner.
Lyrical, moving and realistic, SE Durrant’s Running on Empty is about the struggle of an 11-year-old carer who is starting secondary school and wants to run like Usain Bolt. With a rich and diverse cast, it sings. – The Sunday Times Running on Empty is one of the best children’s novels of the year.
‘Lyrical, moving and realistic, SE Durrant’s Running on Empty is about the struggle of an 11-year-old carer who is starting secondary school and wants to run like Usain Bolt. With a rich and diverse cast, it sings.’ –The Sunday Times ‘Running on Empty is one of the best children’s novels of the year.’ –The Express, And those times running with him were some of the happiest times of my life. I’m not kidding. We’ve got this little park round the corner and we went round it one day and measured the path like a running track. Grandad had a little pot of red paint and a tiny paintbrush and he just knelt down and made a, RUNNING ON EMPTY BY S E DURRANT . … Round and round the Olympic Park, aiming for the cross country trials, running to escape, AJ only seems to be heading ever closer to disaster. Running On Empty is a beautiful book about false starts and emotional journeys, with hope as the ultimate finishing line.
9/18/2018 · by S.E. Durrant ? RELEASE DATE: Sept. 18, 2018 AJ, 11, is a worrier and a dreamer, and he carries the weight of the world on his shoulders. Grandad was his pal, his running companion, and a fellow admirer of the Jamaican Olympic champion Usain Bolt.
Running On Empty S. E. Durrant. Nosy Crow Ltd. ISBN 9780857637406. AJ’s grandfather has always been the one to keep his unusual family together, so when he dies things start to unravel at the edges. AJ is worried about his parents but they don’t really seem to notice.
Running on Empty . S.E . Durrant (Nosy Crow) Grandad had the chance to run for his country in Canada but then he had a life Running on Empty . He met Grandma, and settled for a life with her and his daughters. AJ is determined to follow Grandad’ s example, but get to Canada.
