One day on his walk home, Ghost sees a track team practicing with their short bald coach who looks like. Since then, Ghost has been the one causing problems-and running away from them-until he meets Coach, an ex-Olympic Medalist who blew his own shot at success by using drugs, and who is determined to keep other kids from blowing their shots at life. Jason Reynolds (As Brave as You) has a playful, intimate and conversational style, and in Ghost, a middle-grade series debut, he tells the story of how an unforgettable flight of terror led to an African American boy's instinct to runfast. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons-it all starting with running away from his father, who, when Ghost was a very little boy, chased him and his mother through their apartment, then down the street, with a loaded gun, aiming to kill. Castle Cranshaw, aka Ghost, stands out at his middle school for his too-big, ratty. If he can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. by Jason Reynolds Book 1 of the Track Series. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team-a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of a brand-new series from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award–winning author Jason Reynolds.
A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature.
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