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    Runner Girl
    Runner Girl
    Jen_McConnel
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      Reads 4,482
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    • Parts
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    • Time
      Time 4h 35m
      4 hours, 35 minutes4h 35m
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    • Reads
      Reads 4,482
      4,4824.4K
    • Votes
      Votes 312
      312312
    • Parts
      Parts 23
      2323
    • Time
      Time 4h 35m
      4 hours, 35 minutes4h 35m
    Jen_McConnel
    Complete
    Complete, First published Aug 09, 2018
    Lana loves to run; it's like the moment her feet leave hit the track, she can fly. But her world gets turned upside-down when the father who abandoned her as a child shows up to claim her. 
        
        Runner Girl is a re-imagining of the myth of Atalanta, and it was my MA thesis at Hollins University. I'm really excited to share it here for the first time!
        
        This story takes place in the same world as my book Beautiful Curse, which is also available here on Wattpad.  https://www.wattpad.com/story/173022073-beautiful-curse
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    • aphrodite
    • artemis
    • cheerleader
    • contemporary
    • fantasy
    • friendship
    • godsandgoddesses
    • greekgodsandgoddesses
    • greekmythology
    • love
    • magic
    • mythology
    • romance
    • running
    • teenfiction
    • ya
    • youngadult
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    Table of contents
    • Chapter One
      Thu, Aug 9, 2018
    • Chapter Two
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Three
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Four
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Five
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Six
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Seven
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Eight
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Nine
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Ten
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Eleven
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Twelve
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Thirteen
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Fourteen
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Fifteen
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Sixteen
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Seventeen
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Eighteen
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Nineteen
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Twenty
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Twenty-One
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Twenty-Two
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Twenty-Three
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018

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    Lana loves to run; it's like the moment her feet leave hit the track, she can fly. But her world gets turned upside-down when the father who abandoned her as a child shows up to claim her. 
        
        Runner Girl is a re-imagining of the myth of Atalanta, and it was my MA thesis at Hollins University. I'm really excited to share it here for the first time!
        
        This story takes place in the same world as my book Beautiful Curse, which is also available here on Wattpad.  https://www.wattpad.com/story/173022073-beautiful-curse

    23 parts

    • Chapter Twenty-One
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Twenty-Two
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
    • Chapter Twenty-Three
      Fri, Aug 10, 2018
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