Ghost

Castle Cranshaw — self-named Ghost — is a seventh-grader living in a cramped apartment with his mother, haunted by the night his father fired a gun at them and went to prison. When Ghost sees a local track team practicing and impulsively outruns their fastest sprinter, Coach Brody recruits him on the spot. But Ghost's explosive anger and deep shame keep sabotaging his chances: he fights at school, lies about his background, and steals a pair of expensive sneakers to replace his battered high-tops. Coach gives him one final chance, and Ghost must decide whether he will keep running from his trauma or channel his raw speed into something that could save his life.

Castle Cranshaw lives with his mother in a small apartment in a rough neighborhood, working double nursing shifts to keep them afloat. Castle has exactly one talent the world has noticed: he can run. Not jog — explode. He discovered this the night his father, drunk and raging, fired a gun at Castle ...