I don't remember reading any of his other books, but this book really stuck with me. I remembered the title a few years ago, but could not remember the author, and there actually quite a few books called 'Run'. It was the cover that finally sealed it for me, and there at least two different covers. So, I may have run across it before and didn't know it was what I was looking for.

Anyway, it's a pretty basic book, but I'm happy to have finally solved this mystery.

It really was pretty great. I think they were particularly lenient with me because I somehow found myself in some kind of trouble every day at recess. Better to have me in the library than stirring up some shit on the playground.

Run by William Sleator. I was in the Newberry Book Club in grade school and we were allowed to choose whatever we wanted from the library and read for as long as we liked instead of PE and study periods. This book made me fall in love with reading. I’ve spent roughly 45 years trying to remember the title snd about six months ago it snapped into my memory. I ordered it and re-read it. It’s actually not very good.

Edit—I should clarify that even though I just found the book, I have not stopped thinking about it since I was a kid. So, it did stick with me into adulthood!

Hendrix also said similar things about Terry Kath.

REM. Hated them until I saw them in Athens, GA Inside/Out in around 87.