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The IllegalLawrence Hill

The Illegal

2015408 pages
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Keita Ali is on the run. Like every boy on the mountainous island of Zantoroland, running is all Keita’s ever wanted to do. In one of the poorest nations in the world, running means respect. Running means riches-until Keita is targeted for his father’s outspoken political views and discovers he must run for his family’s survival. He signs on with notorious marathon agent Anton Hamm, but when Keita fails to place among the top finishers in his first race, he escapes into Freedom State-a wealthy island nation that has elected a government bent on deporting the refugees living within its borders…

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8 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2017
    Harper Perennial · 400 pages · 9781554683857
  • Paperback · English · 2017
    W W Norton Company · 416 pages · 9780393353686
  • Paperback · English · 2016
    HarperCollins Publishers · 448 pages · 9781443453134
  • Paperback · English · 2016
    Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 416 pages · 9780393285468
  • Paperback · English · 2016
    HarperCollins Publishers · 400 pages · 9781554683840
  • Ebook · English · 2015
    HarperCollins Canada, Limited · 9781443415842
Fiction, generalPolitical violenceRefugeesAfrican americans, fictionFiction, dystopian