LibraryThing 4-stars for Dave Duncan’s The Runner and the Wizard
Plainly this reader likes Dave Duncan’s newest YA novelette.
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The Runner and the Wizard by Dave Duncan. Reviewed from an e-book received through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program. Ivor is the youngest of a large clan of bossy older siblings. Wanting to do something without brotherly oversight, he volunteers to carry a message for his thane to a holy man. Neither Ivor nor the Thane get what they expected. A neat little coming-of-age story. Recommended. ( )