He’s also hard of hearing, which when my mom used to say this, I always thought she was saying “harder hearing,” which made no sense at all to me. Charles, who, by the way, looks just like James Brown if James Brown were white, has been ringing me up for sunflower seeds five days a week for about, let me think… since the fourth grade, which is when Ma took the hospital job. Charles practically shouts from behind the counter of what he calls his “country store,” even though we live in a city. That, and for eating the most sunflower seeds. And me, well, I probably hold the world record for knowing about the most world records. Here’s what’s weird about that: Why would you even want one rubber duck, let alone 5,631? I mean, come on. There’s also this lady named Charlotte Lee who holds the record for owning the most rubber ducks. Not sure how he found out that was some kinda special talent, and I can’t even imagine how much snot be in those balloons, but hey, it’s a thing and Andrew’s the best at it. This dude named Andrew Dahl holds the world record for blowing up the most balloons… with his nose. Can Ghost harness his raw talent for speed, or will his past finally catch up to him? ExcerptĬHECK THIS OUT. If Ghost can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. 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.

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. That’s all Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. 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 the acclaimed Track series from Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award–winning author Jason Reynolds. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature

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