Ghost -- Jason Reynolds - Hardcover
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?
Author: Jason Reynolds
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Published: 08/30/2016
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781481450157
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.6
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 184102 / Ghost
Award: National Book Awards - Finalist
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Publishers Weekly 08/08/2016
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2016 pg. 136
School Library Journal 09/01/2016
Booklist 09/01/2016 pg. 106
Shelf Awareness 09/06/2016
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2016
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2016 pg. 86
School Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 34
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Superior,Well Above Average
About the Author
Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. He's also the 2020-2021 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. His many books include All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely), When I Was the Greatest, The Boy in the Black Suit, Stamped, As Brave as You, For Every One, the Track series (Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu), Look Both Ways, and Long Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.