Help Shape Young Lives
A ready-to-teach 20-lesson resilience course built around the real-life story of The Runner. Through short author videos, guided discussion, online workbook activities and practical student tools, students explore choices, habits, influence, identity, discipline and direction — with everything prepared so teachers can focus on meaningful conversations, not lesson planning.
School Safe
Ready To Teach
Five Decision Framework
Digital Integration
Digital Intergration
Minimal Prep
Grounded in Raw, Lived Experience
This isn’t academic theory or a feel-good story. Built directly on a powerful story of breaking free from homelessness, youth justice, and systemic trauma, this 20 - lesson course provides students with a trusted, battle-tested framework to break negative habit loops and negative, complex peer influences safely.
Built For Busy Educators
The Facilitator Guide outlines exactly what to say, ask, and look for, requiring minimal prep time before class, with no disjointed worksheets.
Every digital lesson maps perfectly to the printable PDF or hard-copy Student Handbooks, keeping the youth grounded and engaged.
How It Works
A simple, ready-to-use pathway from access to impact.
Unlock the Course
Order Source books
Signup to receive access to the online course
Build Resilience
Order the Runner Book core text and student journals directly through our site for discounts
Start working through the 20 out-of-the-box lessons with your students.
See the Story Behind the Runner Course
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Whole School Digital Access
Bring The Runner Course across your whole school with one simple annual licence.
A complete, ready-to-teach resilience course designed to engage students and require minimal prep from teachers.
(+$45 per student for required texts)
$2490 + GST / school / year
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Run The Runner Course across as many classes or year groups as you choose during your 12-month licence — with no per-class course fees.
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Give every teacher or facilitator in your school access to the course under one licence. No additional teacher licences or access fees required.
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A complete 20-lesson resilience course built around The Runner memoir. Each lesson is structured and ready to deliver, taking students from the story into meaningful discussion, reflection and practical application.
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Every lesson begins with a short 2–3 minute video from the author, providing personal context and helping students connect the lesson back to the real story behind The Runner.
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No lesson planning, presentations or resources to create. Teachers simply open the course and facilitate the lesson, with the content, activities and student work already prepared.
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Everything teachers and facilitators need to confidently deliver the course. The guide follows all 20 lessons with clear guidance, discussion prompts and practical support — making it easy to facilitate with minimal preparation.
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The entire program is housed online in a visually engaging, easy-to-follow format designed specifically for secondary students. Light gamification helps maintain interest without making the course feel childish.
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Participating students receive 25% off RRP when purchasing The Runner and Student Journal hardcopy bundle, currently $45 per student. Students may instead access The Runner through Kindle or Apple Books and purchase the required Student Journal separately at the course discount.
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Each student works through their own professionally designed journal, giving them a dedicated place for activities, written responses and personal reflection throughout the course.
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The course is built around the true story told in The Runner. Students use the memoir as their source text, connecting real experiences and choices with broader lessons about resilience, character and decision-making.
*Each student participating in The Runner Course requires access to The Runner and their own Student Journal. The hardcopy bundle is $45 per student — 25% off RRP for course participants. Alternatively, The Runner may be purchased separately as an eBook via Kindle or Apple Books at the standard retail price, with the Student Journal ordered separately at the 25% course discount.
Classroom Digital Access
$795 + GST / classroom / year
(+$45 per student for required texts)
A complete, ready-to-teach resilience course designed to be engaging for students and minimal prep for teachers.
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A complete 20-lesson resilience course built around The Runner memoir. Each lesson is structured and ready to deliver, taking students from the story into meaningful discussion, reflection and practical application.
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Every lesson begins with a short 2–3 minute video from the author, providing personal context and helping students connect the lesson back to the real story behind The Runner.
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No lesson planning, presentations or resources to create. Teachers simply open the course and facilitate the lesson, with the content, activities and student work already prepared.
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Everything teachers and facilitators need to confidently deliver the course. The guide follows all 20 lessons with clear guidance, discussion prompts and practical support — making it easy to facilitate with minimal preparation.
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The entire program is housed online in a visually engaging, easy-to-follow format designed specifically for secondary students. Light gamification helps maintain interest without making the course feel childish.
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Your licence provides 12 months of access to the complete online course, giving your school flexibility to run the program when it best fits your timetable.
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Participating students receive 25% off RRP when purchasing The Runner and Student Journal hardcopy bundle, currently $45 per student. Students may instead access The Runner through Kindle or Apple Books and purchase the required Student Journal separately at the course discount.
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A Classroom Licence provides access for one participating class of up to 30 students for 12 months.
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Each student works through their own professionally designed journal, giving them a dedicated place for activities, written responses and personal reflection throughout the course.
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The course is built around the true story told in The Runner. Students use the memoir as their source text, connecting real experiences and choices with broader lessons about resilience, character and decision-making.
*Each student participating in The Runner Course requires access to The Runner and their own Student Journal. The hardcopy bundle is $45 per student — 25% off RRP for course participants. Alternatively, The Runner may be purchased separately as an eBook via Kindle or Apple Books at the standard retail price, with the Student Journal ordered separately at the 25% course discount.
“Highly recommend this book to young people and those involved with young people.”
“Raw Honest and hard to put down”
“Loved the book. What stayed with me wasn’t the gang side of things. It was how quickly everything unravelled…”
Where Real Life Meets Real Change
— Max Warren
what others are saying…
“The Runner is a powerful story about choices and responsibility.”
— Youth Director
— Secondary Teacher
“Every teen should read this book”.
— Youth Director
“This book has the power to influence young people and inspire hope”
— Community Leader
— Hannah Jackson
— Daniel (Senior Member)
Former school principal and youth educator
YourTown - Youth Director
NSW Dept. Community & Justice
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