Ghost
by Jason Reynolds
Castle Cranshaw, who calls himself Ghost, has been running from his past ever since his father pulled a gun on him and his mother. When he impulsively challenges an elite sprinter to a race and wins, Ghost is recruited for a track team where he must learn that you can't run away from your problems.
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About Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds is an American author of novels and poetry for young adult and middle grade audiences. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in neighboring Oxon Hill, Maryland, Reynolds found inspiration in rap and had an early focus on poetry, publishing many poetry collections before his first novel in 2014, When I Was the Greatest, which won the John Steptoe Award for New Talent.
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