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2) Ghost
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--
4) Lu
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 4
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Suddenly there are hurdles in Lu's way--literally and not-so-literally--and Lu needs to figure out, fast, what winning the gold really means"--
7) Second shot
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When fourteen-year-old Leggie LaGrande, star runner on the Bricklin Middle School track team, suffers a hamstring injury at the very start of the season, he figures his shot at the Junior Olympics is over--but his coach insists that even if he cannot run he can still compete in some other track and field event, so he finds himself working out at the shot put, competing with a new student whom he dislikes.
9) Line Up
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When his friend, Tyrese, demands Daniel borrow his grandfather's gun, Daniel struggles between right and wrong.
10) Back on track
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Twelve-year-old Addison Jones would love to try out for the track team, and she knows that she is faster than the other girls, but her single mom is working two jobs and every day after school Addison has to take care of her little brother--without telling her mom Addison and her best friend, Sofia, work out a plan that will allow her to run, but soon the strain and guilt of lying to her mother begins to take its toll.
11) The handoff
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Xavier decides to give up his work as a driver for Emilio, a drug runner, and rejoin the track team, but when Emilio taps his fourteen-year-old brother Hugo as his replacement, Xavier knows he has to take stronger steps to keep everyone safe.
12) One good punch
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Eighteen-year-old Michael Kerrigan, writer of obituaries for the Scranton Observer and captain of the track team, is ready for the most important season of his life--until the police find four joints in his school locker, and he is faced with a choice that could change everything.
13) Bump in the road
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Run to it and through it, or far away from it? Young Molly wants to run to Galloway Park but it gets complicated when she encounters adversity on the trail and fear of the unknown sparks her hilarious imagination. Molly must decide whether to run to it and through it or far away from it. In a surprising twist, Molly sees someone on the path do something that she had never thought of! It's a surprise that will have kids cheering and clapping. Come...
14) Fantasma
Author
Series
Serie Atletismo volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--
15) Grit and gold
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Cousins Nate and Rachel travel back in time to see legendary Olympic events and learn what it takes to prepare for greatness"--
17) No easy race
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When he is nominated for homecoming king and decides to try out for the track team, Victor encounters anti-Hispanic racism.
Author
Series
Cheesie Mack volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Sixth-grader Ronald "Cheesie" Mack, finds the best way to earn points against his older sister is to become popular, and decides to join the cross-country team, help his best friend run for class president, and ignore her attempts to embarrass him.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"As a boy, Andrew Young learned a vital lesson from his parents when a local chapter of the Nazi party instigated racial unrest in their hometown of New Orleans in the 1930s. While Hitler's teachings promoted White supremacy, Andrew's father, told him that when dealing with the sickness of racism, Don't get mad, get smart. To drive home this idea, Andrew Young Senior took his family to the local movie house to see a newsreel of track star Jesse Owens...