{"id":732,"date":"2018-02-21T15:59:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T00:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sohilibrary.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=732"},"modified":"2018-02-21T15:59:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T00:59:23","slug":"featured-ebook-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/sohilibrary\/featured-ebook-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured eBook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ghost<\/a> by Jason Reynolds
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\nA National Book Award Finalist for Young People\u2019s Literature. 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 in a new series from Coretta Scott King\/John Steptoe Award\u2013winning 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\u2014a 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\u2019s all Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons\u2014it 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\u2014and running away from them\u2014until 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?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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