| Ghost Contributor(s): Reynolds, Jason (Author) |
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ISBN: 1432860860 ISBN-13: 9781432860868 Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2018048227 |
| Series: Track |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.8" W x 8.6" (0.95 lbs) |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Friendship - Catalog Heading - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary - Curriculum Strand - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 184102 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature. 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 in a new series from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning author Jason Reynolds. Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. 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. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training. If he can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons--it all started 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. 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, and who is determined to keep other kids from blowing theirs. |