Books like Underrunners by Margaret Mahy
Tris and Winola find the underrunners—a vast network of tunnels—and see it as a refuge from their unhappy lives, a place to act out their fantasies. The tunnels become dangerous when an unseen stranger infiltrates them, forcing the girls to confront unexpected challenges.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Margaret Mahy
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