![]() You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks. ![]() He is on faculty at Lesley University, for the Writing for Young People MFA Program and lives in Washington, DC. Jason’s many works of fiction include When I Was the Greatest, Boy in the Black Suit, All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely), As Brave As You, For Every One, Miles Morales: Spider Man, the Run series ( Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu), and Long Way Down, which received both a Newbery Honor and a Printz Honor. Reynolds was named the American Booksellers Association’s 20 spokesperson for Indies First, and served as the national spokesperson for the 2018 celebration of School Library Month in April 2018, sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Jason Reynolds is a New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, National Book Award Honoree, a Kirkus Award winner, a two time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. And as Coach takes him under his wing, Ghost discovers that even if you can’t run away from where you come from, you can run towards where you want to be.Ī page-turning book with plenty of challenges and moral dilemmas along the way. The next week, the coach puts her in a key position of the new relay team, hoping to help her become. In the opening scene she comes in second place in a race, and is so angry at herself she can’t watch the rest of the meet or root for her teammates. His character is so authentic, you wouldn’t be surprised if he walked straight off the page, living and breathing. Summary: Patina, or Patty, is a ferociously competitive member of the Defenders track team. Ghost’s voice and character spring off the page in this stunning novel about facing your fears and finding your feet. That’s easier said than done when Brandon Sanderson is in your face every day at school, you can’t forget your painful past, and when you want a new pair of trainers so badly you’d do anything to get them. To keep it, he just needs to stay out of trouble. But now, after challenging a sprinter to a race at the local track, he’s won himself a place on an elite running team. Ghost has never thought of athletics as a sporting option – basketball is his thing. His dad got ten years in prison, and Ghost learned how to run. Three years ago Ghost’s dad chased him and his mum down the road with a gun.
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