Track #1: Ghost

Jason Reynolds Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. These four kids from wildly different backgrounds have personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also the four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team, a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose. But they have a lot to prove as well, not only to each other, but to themselves. Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training. He has the potential to be the best sprinter in the city. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons. It all started with running away from his father, who, when Ghost was a very little boy, chased him and his mother through their apartment, then down the street, with a loaded gun, aiming to kill. Since then, Ghost has been the one causing problems, and running away from them. Until he meets Coach, that is. This former Olympic medalist blew his own shot at success by using drugs, and now he's determined to keep other kids from blowing their shots at life.