Ghost Track Paperback 1432863940 9781432863944 Jason Reynolds

from LibrarianRyan

This was just such a wonderful book. Ghost is a young guy who comes from the wrong side of town. But he loves to run. He wants to be a big basketball star, his running is there, but not much else. He never realized that he could become an entirely new person by finding the fun in running. It star...

from fingerpost

Castle "Ghost' Cranshaw has had a rough childhood... at least, ever since his father tried to shoot him and his mother. His father went to prison for it, but ever since, he's struggled at school and around the neighborhood. His mother does her best, but she's struggling too. When he stumbles upon...

from Susan.Macura

I have read several books by this author and have enjoyed each one. He really knows how to write for teens. In this tale we meet teenager Castle Cranshaw, a/k/a Ghost, who comes from the poor section of town and seems to get into trouble wherever he turns. He lives alone with his mom after his fa...

from jennybeast

Inspiring, but realistic, story of a kid struggling -- with anger, with feelings of injustice, with poverty. I appreciate the first-person narration, and the gradual transformation as he begins to understand his own world a little better, and learns to navigate within it. I also love a story wher...

from jothebookgirl

I truly became involved with the characters in this story. I wanted Ghost's mother to communicate with him more. I know she was tired and overworked, but turn off the television. I don't know if that would have helped her son avoid "altercations" but it couldn't have hurt. I did get that the fami...