Underrunners

By Margaret Mahy

Book Overview

Tris Catt leads a double life. He appears to be an ordinary boy but in his fantasy life he is also an alien superhero. Unexpectedly, Tris's imaginary world is invaded by Winola, a strange but gutsy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067084179X
• ISBN13: 9780670841790
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Viking Juvenile
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.7" x 6.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

The Book Review for Underruners

What happens when you are Tristum Catt and you are on your way from school and you meet a girl and her father later kidnaps you after your mother as run away from home? The first part of this book seemed unappealing and boring, since there was not enough action. But once I started getting into the adventure, I couldn't wait to see what would happen next. I loved the way the author used good description, but not so much that the book was flooding with description. I also liked how the author would always keep you guessing about the future through out the story. What I didn't like about the book was that their were some kind of impolite parts in the beginning of the and their was violence in one of the chapters in the middle. Over all I think that was a wonderful book. I would recommend this story to anyone who likes a non-confusing book with not many setting or characters, but many exciting parts.

Unusual and Suspenseful

A strikingly original book with some very unexpected, but cunningly planted plot twists and revelations. Not a word is wasted, as a number of moments that seem to be just character development turn out to be significant to the plot as well, from Selsey Firebone's name to Randall's job to Winola's allergies. The underrunners function both as an unusual setting and as a metaphor for the unseen depths and unpredictable turns in life and in people's characters. The characters are all three-dimensional, with the sort of believable quirks that people have in real life, and mostly quite likable. The plot is an almost Hitchcockian study in growing tension.