She's 12 and an athlete in her own right. We’d love your help. by Jason Reynolds ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 30, 2016 Castle “Ghost” Cranshaw feels like he’s been running ever since his dad pulled that gun on him and his mom—and used it.

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. That’s all that Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. The voice is realand perfectly depicts the challenges kid face on and off the field. Not at all. 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. Thing is, Ghost has something else: a lot of anger, and a past that he is tr. Ghost is not a caricature of a middle school boy growing up in the projects with a single mother: Jason Reynolds embodies this boy from the inside out, makes him breathe, and come to life.

Graphic novel readers with comics. I can't say that I hated Ghost, but I also can't say that I liked him. Having trained with a coach as part of an adult track club decades ago I can vouch for the authenticity of the workouts, say those "fart licks" (the real term is fartlek ---a Swedish word for exactly what Ghost and his team mates do). Ghost always just ran without a problem. ( Log Out /  I read this after my middle daughter recommended. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account.

A story about being in an impossible situation but still being able to find the good. Characters you can root for? I look forward to further books featuring Ghost, his teammates, and those great adults in his life. I am posting this review late because I read it earlier in the year for a postal bookswap, which was hush hush until everyone had seen all the titles.

Castle (Ghost), Sunny, Lu, Mr. Charles (Coach), Patina, and Ms. Cranshaw. Authors: Alex Haley, Zora Neal Hurston, Michael Eric Dyson, Tomi Adeyemi, Angie Thomas, Quick Review: Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust, MahoganyBooks & Friends Community Summer Reading Program, WATCH | Kenrya Rankin Discusses Words of Change on MahoganyBooks Front Row, WATCH | MahoganyBooks Front Row featuring Nic Stone and Deray McKesson, Autographed Book Alert |Sweat the Technique by Rakim, Taking Pre-Orders Now: A Promised Land by Barack Obama. The words on these pages simply vibrate with urgency, authenticity, and energy.

Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Sir, who gave you permission to speak to me through your writing like that? But never for a track team. "Unfortunately," he said, "ain't nobody that fast.”, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2018), Great Lakes Great Books Award for 6-8 (2018), NAIBA Book of the Year for Middle Readers (2017), William Allen White Children's Book Award (2019), National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature (2016), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (2019). After finishing my first book in the Track Series by Jason Reynolds, I added the entire series to my favorites pile. Everybody’s secret was kind of surprising to me except Ghost’s. Ghost is not a caricature of a middle school boy growing up in the projects with a single mother: Jason Reynolds embodies this boy from the inside out, makes him breathe, and come to life. Realistic fiction? I've never met a Jason Reynolds book I didn't like. Thing is, Ghost has something else: a lot of anger, and a past that he is trying to outrun. Delighted that Jason Reynolds is writing a series for middle grade readers, so kids can grow up with his books. August 30th 2016 Coach snatched the towel from his shoulder, folded into a perfect square, and set it in the space between us. Mahogany aspires to be either an educator or an engineer; her proudest moment is being a member of the first team to win a robotics tournament at her elementary school. And I don't really care which list it was--. I love this idea! Having trained with a coach as part of an adult track club decades ago I can vouch for the authenticity of the workouts, say those "fart licks" (the real term is fartlek ---a Swedish word for exactly what Ghost and his team mates do).