A National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature. Nominated as one of America's
best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. 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 the acclaimed Track 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. Running. That's all Ghost (real name Castle
Cranshaw) has ever known. 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 sees something in Ghost: crazy natural talent. If Ghost can stay on
track literally and figuratively he could be the best sprinter in the city. Can Ghost harness
his raw talent for speed or will his past finally catch up to him?
