Ghost by Jason ReynoldsMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars - I'll tell you to read it without asking.
I listened to this book on a long car ride home. The narrator was amazing.
Castle Crenshaw, or Ghost as he likes to be called, is from "the wrong side of the tracks". He and his mom had a traumatic experience that left them without husband and father.
While walking home from school one day, Ghost comes across the beginning of a track season for a local team. He sits on the bleachers and watches, believing that he could run faster than some of those kids. When one kid is called up to run for a second time, Ghost decides to test his theory out. He rolls up his jeans, rolls up his sleeves, and lines up along the side of the track in the grass. The coach takes notice of his skills and asks him to join the team.
Ghost and Coach come to grow closer as the season goes on. Ghost learns that just because someone looks like they're not "like you", you'd be surprised at how much someone can understand exactly what you're living through.
I look forward to reading the other books in this series.
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