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1) Ghost
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--
2) Elevation
Author
Language
English
Description
"Although Scott Carey doesn't look any different, he's been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn't want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis. In the small town of Castle Rock, Scott is engaged in a low grade--but escalating--battle with the lesbians next door whose...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 30
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Geronimo Stilton is entered in the Mouse Island Marathon by his friend Champ Strongpaws who then forces him to train for it.
4) Patina
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--
6) Maniac Magee
Author
Language
English
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Description
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
8) Heartbeat
Author
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.
Author
Language
English
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Summer Olympics for Teens
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Summer Olympics for Teens
Description
When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.
11) Wait for us!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Buffy ran. Jenny ran. John ran and Kate ran. Where are they all running to? See if you can catch them!
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"When Keira first receives her breast cancer diagnosis, she never expects to end up joining a running group with three women she's only just met. Totally blind-sided, all she can think about is how she doesn't want to tell her family or step back from work. Nor does she want to be part of a group of fellow cancer patients. Cancer is not her club. And yet it's running - hot, sweaty, lycra-clad running in the company of brilliant, funny women all going...
16) Lunchtime rules
Author
Series
Go girl! (Feiwel and Friends) volume 6
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When her friends kick her off of their lunchtime soccer team for being too small and slow, Ant is sure that lunchtime will never be fun again, until the school librarian comes up with an idea to help.
17) Oh. My. Gods
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When her mother suddenly decides to marry a near-stranger, Phoebe, whose passion is running, soon finds herself living on a remote Greek island, completing her senior year at an ancient high school where the students and teachers are all descended from gods or goddesses.
18) The run
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A young boy takes a new book into the bathroom to read. But what a strange story! One by one, all sorts of animals--a cow, a polar bear, a lion, and more--race across the pages. But where are they running to?"--Publisher marketing.
20) Goddess bootcamp
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Phoebe, unable to control the powers inherited from her ancestor Nike, must attend summer camp with a group of ten-year-olds, while coping with her boyfriend's apparent betrayal and mysterious messages about her deceased father.
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