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When we meet Ghost, he is literally running from a bully. He stumbles (literally) onto a track team practice, and Coach, an Olympic medalist with a mysterious past of his own, sees something in the boy’s raw, desperate sprint. "You like running?" Coach asks. "Only if someone's chasing me," Ghost replies. And that line is the thesis of the entire novel. Ghost Book Pdf Jason Reynolds
Castle "Ghost" Crenshaw has a secret. Actually, he has a lot of them. He has a secret love for sunflower seeds. He has a secret stash of money in a Snicker’s box. And he has the biggest secret of all: the reason he is the fastest kid in his neighborhood isn’t because of sports—it’s because he has spent years running away . Fans of The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, Wonder by R
Ghost is not a book about winning a race. It is a book about learning to stop running away from your past and start running toward your future—even if your shoes are too tight and your shirt has holes. He stumbles (literally) onto a track team practice,