Ghost, Jason Reynolds
Type
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Ghost, Jason Reynolds
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Middle School730, Lexile
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 10-14
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Ghost
Responsibility statement
Jason Reynolds
Series statement
Track, bk. 1
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, 4.6.Reading Counts!, 4.5.
Summary
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 starting 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 by using drugs, and who is determined to keep other kids from blowing their shots at life
Target audience
pre adolescent
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Attempted murder -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Self-realization -- Fiction
- Emotional problems of children -- Juvenile fiction
- Runners (Sports) -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Track and field -- Fiction
- Coaches (Athletics) -- Juvenile fiction
- Coaches (Athletics) -- Fiction
- Running -- Fiction
- Self-realization -- Juvenile fiction
- Middle school students -- Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in children -- Juvenile fiction
- Family violence -- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- Running -- Juvenile fiction
- Track and field -- Juvenile fiction
- Sprinting -- Juvenile fiction
Content
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre3
- Subject19
- Attempted murder -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Self-realization -- Fiction
- Emotional problems of children -- Juvenile fiction
- Runners (Sports) -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Track and field -- Fiction
- Coaches (Athletics) -- Juvenile fiction
- Coaches (Athletics) -- Fiction
- Running -- Fiction
- Self-realization -- Juvenile fiction
- Middle school students -- Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in children -- Juvenile fiction
- Family violence -- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- Running -- Juvenile fiction
- Track and field -- Juvenile fiction
- Sprinting -- Juvenile fiction
- Content1
- Author1
- Is Part Of1