Ghost (Track, #1)

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Running That s all that Ghost real name Castle Cranshaw has ever known But never for a track team Nope, his game has always been ball But when Ghost impulsively challenges an elite sprinter to a race and wins the Olympic medalist track coach sees he has something crazy natural talent Thing is, Ghost has something else a lot of anger, and a past that he is trying to outrun Can Ghost harness his raw talent for speed and meld with the team, or will his past finally catch up to him Best Download [ Ghost (Track, #1) ] author [ Jason Reynolds ] – kino-fada.fr This is a generalization, but in my experience librarians really enjoy reading within their comfort zones They ll travel outside of them from time to time but always they return to the books that they like the most Children s librarians are just the same The fantasy readers stick to fantasy The realism fans go with realism Graphic novel readers with comics When I served on a yearly committee of librarians in New York I d notice that some books were difficult to get anyone to read Horse bo This is a generalization, but in my experience librarians really enjoy reading within their comfort zones They ll travel outside of them from time to time but always they return to the books that they like the most Children s librarians are just the same The fantasy readers stick to fantasy The realism fans go with realism Graphic novel readers with comics When I served on a yearly committee of librarian...You could pass this book to hundreds of kids and they will love it Delighted that Jason Reynolds is writing a series for middle grade readers, so kids can grow up with his books.Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend Ghost is a deeply moving book with several important messages for young readers Castle Crenshaw goes by the name Ghost, because he s a wicked fast runner The first time he ran truly ran he was running for his liferunning ain t nothing I ever had to practice It s just something I knew how to do.Now that he s older, Ghost puts his natural talent to work by running track But he s not just running t Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend Ghost is a deeply m...I saw this on some award nomination list I can t remember which one And I don t really care which list it was Ghost ought to win It should win all the awards It s a spectacular book with a perfect voice and exquisitely told story I cried through the last 20% or so of the book It s not sad it s just beautiful enough to move a cracked chunk of concrete to tears Despite the fact that the protagonist, Castle, is a dirt poor black kid and I ...This was just a pitch perfect middle grade youngish YA book that was a total delight from start to finish I ve been trying to read some boys marketed to boys to round out my librarian knowledge and this was a great start I have to say that as someone who has very little interest in sports, I was surprised at how much I liked this story about a 13 year old urban black kid Castle Crenshaw, aka Ghost, joining a track team More than just a sports story, it was a sensitive, realistic look at a This was just a pitch perfect middle grade youngish YA book that was a total delight from start to finish I ve been trying to read some boys marketed to boys to round out my librarian knowledge and this was a great start I have to say that as someone who has very little interest in sports, I was surprised at how much I liked this story about a 13 year old urban black kid Castle Crenshaw, aka Ghost, joining a track team More than just a...BOOM Third time reading this and it still pulls me straight through each time from a 5th grader today I loved how you feel like you re Ghost You get mad at someone, then forgive them It feels like your emotions are building up until Ghost takes the shoes Then they break when his c...I ve never met a Jason Reynolds book I didn t like.A total delight from start to finish, Ghost is a deceptively simple story about 13 year old urban black kid Castle Crenshaw, aka Ghost One day while killing time in the park, he stumbles upon a track practice and ends up racing one of the fastest kids on the team and winning Impressed, the coach offers Ghost a spot on the team Kind of against his better judgement he s always thought of himself as a basketball player even though he s not on a team Ghost joins up He soon discovers that the o A total delight from start to finish, Ghost is a deceptively simple story about 13 year old urban black kid Castle Crenshaw, aka Ghost One day while killing time in the park, he stumbles upon a track practice and ends up racing one of the fastest kids on the team and winning Impressed, the coach offers Ghost a spot on the team Kind of against his better judgeme...Wish I would have had this book alongside all my Beverly Cleary books back in middle school Like Cleary, Jason Reynolds clearly remembers what it was to be a kid the private humiliations, the silliness, the outsized misconceptions, the way the tiniest bit of support can change a day.Jason Reynolds is such an amazing man This is the second book that I ve read by him and was not let down by a long shot Ghost focuses on the challenges faced by a young boy who goes by the nickname of Ghost Ghost is a complex character that deals with some pretty hefty issues It is through these issues that he joins a track team and learnsabout himself and others This book was heartfelt and definitely teaches kids a great lesson about not letting certain situations define your charact Jason Reynolds is such an amazing man This is the second book that I ve read by him an...

Ghost (Track, #1)
  • English
  • 19 March 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 192 pages
  • 1481450158
  • Jason Reynolds
  • Ghost (Track, #1)