The running man

By Michael Gerard Bauer

Subjects: Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664, Friendship, fiction, Silkworms, Mental illness, Recluses, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Fiction, Hermits, Children's fiction, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, fiction, Artists, fiction, Artists, Friendship, Emotional problems, Australia, fiction

Description: Fourteen-year-old Joseph reluctantly agrees to draw a portrait of his reclusive neighbor, Tom, for a class assignment, and over time, like the silkworms Tom raises, both men come out of their cocoons and face their fears.