Dreams of leaving can be a powerful force in the lives of young people. These four novels are each touched by the desire for other places. The idea that a more authentic self lurks beyond our familiar zones shapes these books, three of which are written by Australians, and one by an American writer who spends half his time in Australia and half in New York.
The Running Man by Michael Gerard Butler
Scholastic, $19.95pb, 280pp, 1 86291 575 X
By The River by Steven Herrick
Allen & Unwin, $16.95pb, 232pp, 0 74114 357 8
Secret Scribbled Notebooks by Joanne Horniman
Allen & Unwin, $17.95pb, 219pp, 1 74114 406 X
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