A National Book Prize Finalist for Teen People’s Literature.

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved books by PBS’s THE FANTASTIC American Read.

Ghost wants to be the quickest sprinter on his elite middle school track group, but his history is slowing him straight down in this first electrifying novel of the brand-new series from Coretta Scott Ruler/John Steptoe Award-winning author Jason Reynolds.

Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four children from wildly differing backgrounds with personalities that are explosive about Ghost if they clash. However they may also be four kids selected for an elite middle school track team-a team that could meet the criteria them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, however they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves.

Operating. That’s all Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) offers ever known. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons-it all started with running away from his father, who, when Ghost was an extremely little youngster, chased him and his mother through their house, then down the street, with a packed gun, aiming to kill. Since then, Ghost continues to be the one leading to problems-and running from them-until he fits Coach, an ex-Olympic Medalist who sees something in Ghost: crazy organic skill. If Ghost can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he may be the greatest sprinter in the city. Can Ghost funnel his raw talent for acceleration, or will his past finally capture up to him?