RUN FOR IT! by Tom Bender
RUN FOR IT! A novel by Tom Bender
Set in 1939 as the world goes to war, RUN FOR IT! follows the cross-country path of two teenage American boys, Robert Bell and Merwyn Peterson, who see a man murdered and run for their lives. As the boys will find out, they are up against not only Irish terrorists but the Chicago mob as well. For reasons that seem entirely plausible to the boys (they are teenagers, after all), they choose not to alert their parents or the police. To the killers, the boys look like easy prey. And they are - a couple of yearlings, separated by wolves from the herd. They try to escape by staying close - tailing the bad guys from Chicago all the way to Eastport, Maine. Time and again the frantic kids outwit the Mob and confound the terrorists. But in the end, in the Bay of Fundy near Eastport, just off Campobello Island (where President and Mrs. Roosevelt have their "little cottage" -- twenty rooms!), the boys are trapped and hauled aboard a German U-boat. What they need, besides ingenuity and courage, is a miracle. (Historic action-adventure. Fun and learning for all ages.)
- Item #: ISBN 978-0-615-25974-1
