Four diverse kids, Ghost, Lu, Patina, and Sunny, clash yet unite on an elite middle school track team, aiming for the Junior Olympics. Ghost, who's been running from his troubled past, finds a mentor in Coach, who sees his raw talent. Can Ghost outrun his past and become the city's best sprinter?
Jason Reynolds is an American author of novels and poetry for young adult and middle-grade audience. After earning a BA in English from The University of Maryland, College Park, Jason Reynolds moved to Brooklyn, New York, where you can often find him walking the four blocks from the train to his apartment talking to himself. Well, not really talking to himself, but just repeating character names and plot lines he thought of on the train, over and over again, because he’s afraid he’ll forget it all before he gets home.