# Ghost - Hardcover

by **Jason Reynolds** (Author)

**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?

### Author Biography

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, a two-time Odyssey Award Honoree, the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors, and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. He was also the 2020-2022 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_; _Stuntboy, in the Meantime_; _Ain't Burned All the Bright,_ and _My Name Is Jason. Mine Too._ (both cowritten with Jason Griffin); 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.

**Number of Pages:** 192

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN

**Publication Date:** August 30, 2016

**Award:** National Book Awards (2016)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Ghost

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 4.6

**Point Value:** 6

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
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