Track: Ghost (Hardcover)

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...

from

Excellent read for middle school students. I started reading it with my 3rd grader, but the altercation with Castle's dad at the beginning was too much. Now, my sixth grade son is going to read it. The main character is flawed and does a great job of explaining his thoughts as he works through pr...

from ewyatt

Ghost is angry. That anger gets him in trouble. He's been through some serious trauma and lives in a run down area where there is never enough money. When he joins the track team and finds a new mentor in his coach, he starts to feel himself change as he builds his discipline, is embraced by his ...

from msf59

Just last week I finished and loved Long Way Down and decided to go with another one of his books. This one is part of a trilogy, involving a teenage boy joining a track team. They are fast, funny and smart, with just the right amount of depth. They are also perfect on audio. I do not read much Y...

from Castlelass

I first became aware of this book while watching Public Broadcasting System's Great American Read. It is a short middle grade novel about a black youth who joins a track team. Castle Cranshaw, nicknamed “Ghost,” is the narrator of his own story. Castle is a likeable character. Though he experienc...