Blue Running
Lori Ann Stephens
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Hardback
2 December 2021
ISBN: 9781838237486
RRP: £16.99
Kindle
2 December 2021
RRP: £4.99
Paperback
1 November 2022
ISBN: 9781919618746
RRP: £8.99
Audiobook
2 December 2021
RRP: £9.99
THE INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH
In the new Republic of Texas, guns are compulsory and nothing is forgiven. Blue Running is a gripping coming-of-age thriller for fans of Station Eleven and Thelma and Louise.
Fourteen-year-old Bluebonnet Andrews is on the run across the Republic of Texas. An accident with a gun killed her best friend but everyone in the town of Blessing thinks it was murder. Even her father – the town’s drunken deputy – believes she did it. Now, she has no choice but to run. In Texas, murder is punishable by death.
There’s no one to help her. Her father is incapable and her mother left the state on the last flight to America before the secession. Blue doesn’t know where she is but she’s determined to track her down. First she has to get across the lawless Republic and over the wall that keeps everyone in.
On the road she meets Jet, a pregnant young woman of Latin American heritage. Jet is secretive about her past but she’s just as determined as Blue to get out of Texas before she’s caught and arrested. Together, the two form an unlikely kinship as they make their way past marauding motorcycle gangs, the ever watchful Texas Rangers, and armed strangers intent on abducting them – or worse. When Blue and Jet finally reach the wall, will they be able to cross the border, or will they be shot down in cold blood like the thousands who have gone before them?
Some things are worth dying for.
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Reviews of Blue Running
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“Brilliant.”
Heat Magazine
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“A taut thriller… one of the books of the month.”
The Independent
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“The best in new science fiction.”
The Financial Times
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“Gripping.”
The Guardian
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“A fast-paced story that races along, and stays with you long after you’ve finished it.”
The American
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“Prepare for socks to be well and truly knocked off long before reaching the end of this explosive novel. If there’s one teen novel this year that readers will never forget, it’s this one… Book of the week.”
Books For Keeps
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“This is a hauntingly well written novel; Lori Ann Stephens has an individual style which makes it a compulsive read.”
Reading Zone
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“An important and unforgettable read."
Armadillo Magazine
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“Blue Running is unlike anything I’ve read before. A gripping story that drew me in right from the very first page... the short, sharp prose really kept me hooked. A fascinating and terrifying read… one you do not want to miss.”
The Bibliophile Chronicles