ANationalBookAwardFinalistforYoungPeople’sLiteratureNominatedasoneofAmerica’sbest-lovednovelsbyPBS’sTheGreatAmericanReadGhostwantstobethefastestsprinteronhiselitemiddleschooltrackteam,buthispastisslowinghimdowninthisfirstelectrifyingnoveloftheacclaimedTrackseriesfromCorettaScottKing-JohnSteptoeAward-winningauthorJasonReynolds.Ghost.Lu.Patina.Sunny.Fourkidsfromwildlydifferentbackgroundswithpersonalitiesthatareexplosivewhentheyclash.Buttheyarealsofourkidschosenforanelitemiddleschooltrackteam--ateamthatcouldqualifythemfortheJuniorOlympicsiftheycangettheiractstogether.Theyallhavealottolose,buttheyalsohavealottoprove,notonlytoeachother,buttothemselves.Running.That’sallGhost(realnameCastleCranshaw)haseverknown.ButGhosthasbeenrunningforthewrongreasons--itallstartedwithrunningawayfromhisfather,who,whenGhostwasaverylittleboy,chasedhimandhismotherthroughtheirapartment,thendownthestreet,withaloadedgun,aimingtokill.Sincethen,Ghosthasbeentheonecausingproblems--andrunningawayfromthem--untilhemeetsCoach,anex-OlympicMedalistwhoseessomethinginGhost:crazynaturaltalent.IfGhostcanstayontrack,literallyandfiguratively,hecouldbethebestsprinterinthecity.CanGhostharnesshisrawtalentforspeed,orwillhispastfinallycatchuptohim?
