Philip K. Dick Award Winner
Best of the Year: Locus, Village Voice, San Francisco Chronicle, Book Magazine
Nominated for the Impac Award

Charley is an athlete. He wants to grow up to be the fastest runner in the world, like his father. He wants to be painted crossing the finishing line, in his racing silks, with a medal around his neck. Charley lives in a stable. He isn't a runner, he's a mount. He belongs to a Hoot: The Hoots are alien invaders. Charley hasn't seen his mother for years, and his father is hiding out in the mountains somewhere, with the other Free Humans. The Hoots own the world, but the humans want it back. Charley knows how to be a good mount, but now he's going to have to learn how to be a human being.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 04/01/2005
ISBN: 9780142403020
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 7.06h x 4.26w x 0.60d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 86820 / Mount
Reading Level: 4.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 9