Fast Company

Winning Season #3

by Rich Wallace

Manny Ramos is the fastest guy on the Hudson City Youth football team—maybe even the fastest in his school—so the new track club seems perfect for him. His light weight could finally be a benefit instead of a curse! When he first sees the enormous indoor sporting complex where he’ll race some of the fastest guys around, Manny is awed. Will his time in the 800 meters be any competition for guys who’ve been racing for years? Manny is determined to put in the time and effort to be a track contender He’s finally found his sport.

Genres: Sports, Juvenile

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Patricia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast Company by Rich Wallace is essentially about a middle schooler, Manny Ramos who decides to join the track team. Manny knows how fast he is and realizes that the new track team is the perfect idea as an off sport from football. When he goes to try out to see what the team is like, he didn’t realize how fast some of the kids that were already on the team. That intimidated Manny but, also encouraged him to work harder. My opinion on the book is I can somehow connect to the book. I also joined the track team and I knew I was fast but, I knew it was not going to be the fastest either. I knew I had to train hard in order to get a spot on the team and to show I do have a place on this team. In other words, life is not easy for anyone. Life will always be full of challenges that will encourage us to work harder. My favorite part of the book was during the 800-meter race. In the Fast Company, by Rich Wallace, it reads, “His arms and legs were aching, but that didn't matter at all. Every breath was labored…He raced into the last turn and there was Serrano, his arms swinging as high as his chin as he pumped and churned and pulled even. Manny kept pace. He knew at least two others were less than a step behind him. Onto the homestretch, the finish line seemed so close he can touch it.” This was my favorite part because Manny worked through the pain and made it to the top. Manny ends up beating the top runners and showing his place to the team. He was proud of himself and his teammates were happy about what he did. This book was really interesting and exciting. It was also very suspenseful and that made me enjoy it more. I would rate this book 5/5 because great storyline; a reader can really connect to the story. I would recommend this book to people who might also enjoy books that include track athletes or people who enjoy a good, suspense in a book.

[lady-asia_******** · Rating 5 out of 5]

Asia’s Book Review


Title: Fast Company
Author: Rich Wallace

Rich Wallace made this delightful book Fast Company is about a boy name Manny Ramos who is the fastest kid out of the whole football team maybe even the whole school so when he hears about a recreation center were they have races every week, but Manny is scared and worried that the big kids their will beat him because he is short and their tall and older then him so he trains himself and make sure and show every body even the big kids that he will win the race against the big kids. I like this book because it shows that this boy wants to win the race he wants to show the big kids that he can win the race and he is the fastest and youngest runner in the nation and at his school.

[Kaden Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast Company by:Rich Wallace,
I enjoyed this book a lot, i couldn't put the book down. This book was about a boy (Manny) whose football season had just ended and one of his coaches asks if he wants to join the team. Manny trains all season long competing against the best runners in the area. Manny put in time and effort to try to win the metropolitan championship.

[Michael]

i liked the book and how it goes right along with the roar of the crowd, but i wish the ending was different like how he placed second, i was a little bothered how he didnt fully win, but besides that it showed you how you can do anything and to be the best at something you have to work for it.

[Bryce Balenseifen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book when I first started to run track and cross country. it is one of very few books that actually involve a middle schooler who runs track. its only about 100 pages, so it is a quick read. but it was well written! I could see it happening as if I were in the race.

[Michael 11-12 · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 reasons why I liked this book.

1.It was a page turner and couldn't stop reading.

2.It had a good story line.

3.Stayed on topic (like always).

[Caleb Kafferlin]

I read the book “Fast Company” by Rich Wallace. The book took place in Hudson City and the main character is Manny Ramos is the main character. The way I found this book was I read other books by this author and decided to keep going with the series.
Manny knows how fast he is and realizes that the new track team is the perfect idea as an off sport from football. When he goes to tryout to see what the team is like, he didn’t realize how fast some of the kids were that were already on the team. Manny knew he was going to have to work hard to make it to the top on the team.
In the end, Manny ends up beating the top runners and showing his place to the team. He was proud of himself and his teammates were happy about what he did. My favorite part of the book was during the race that we won. It was my favorite because he worked through the pain and made it to the top.
This book was really interesting and exciting. It was also suspenseful and I liked it more. Some books that could be similar to this is other running books, or other stories like this one. Others who might also like this book is track athletes, or people who enjoy a good, suspense in a book. This was a great book to read, and I’d read more books like it.