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Away Running by Luc Bouchard, David Wright
4.0
Both Matt and Free are running away from their problems. For Matt, it is the increasing demands of his mother's expectations sending him from Montreal to play American football in the Villeneuve province of France. For Free, it is a chance to subsume the grief he feels at losing his father in Iraq, where the discipline of the football team keeps him going. Both boys deal with the strange intersection of racism, classism, national prejudice and all the other hardships in addition to being part of an underdog team.
Told in alternating POV, Wright and Bouchard both bring distinct voices to their characters. It takes a little longer to warm up to Matt, and a little digging to get into Free's head when he is dead set against revealing his sadness, but the writing is always authentic. A great book that speaks to a real event with nuance and enough football interest to keep readers going.
Told in alternating POV, Wright and Bouchard both bring distinct voices to their characters. It takes a little longer to warm up to Matt, and a little digging to get into Free's head when he is dead set against revealing his sadness, but the writing is always authentic. A great book that speaks to a real event with nuance and enough football interest to keep readers going.