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1) Sunny
Author
Series
Track ; 3
Language
English
Description
"Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track 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 also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves." --
2) Lu
Author
Series
Track ; 4
Language
English
Description
"Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Suddenly, there are hurdles in Lu's way--literally and not-so-literally--and Lu needs to figure out, fast, what winning the gold really means"--
3) Ghost
Author
Series
Track ; 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Ghost has a crazy natural talent, but no formal training. If he can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons, all starting 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,...
4) Patina
Author
Series
Track ; 2
Language
English
Description
"Patina, or Patty, runs like a flash and was chosen for the Defenders "Patty" Jones is the fastest girl on the Defenders, an elite middle school track team. She runs for many reasons -- like to escape the taunts from the kids at her new school. She runs from the reason WHY she's not able to live with her "real" mom any more: her mom has The Sugar, and Patty is terrified that the disease that took her mom's legs will one day take her away forever....
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!
It isn't easy being a boy baby-sitter.Like lots of guys, Logan enjoys baby-sitting. And being an associate member of the BSC means he can sit when he wants to, and still have time for Mary Anne and sports.But now the Baby-sitters really need Logan. Logan wouldn't mind taking on the extra baby-sitting jobs, but he's busy trying...
11) Track attack
Author
Series
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Jazz is a born runner who loves being on the school's track team. Her biggest fan is her dad--and that is a problem. He gets over-involved in her training, talks too much to the coach, yells at the track ref, and cheers way too loudly during the meets. How can Jazz tell him to stay away from the track without hurting his feelings?
13) Hope in Patience
Author
Publisher
WestSide Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After years of sexual abuse by her stepfather, fifteen-year-old Ashley Asher starts a better life with her father and stepmother in Patience, Texas, but despite psychotherapy and new friends, she still suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
14) Cheating to win
Author
Series
Sweet Valley High ; 77
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
When track star Tony Esteban tears a tendon in his knee, it looks like his Olympic dream is over. But during his recovery period, a weightlifter gives Tony steroids, and he starts running faster than ever. It's up to his girlfriend Annie to help him stop taking the dangerous drug.
15) The long run
Author
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When fate--in the form of a party that gets busted--brings together two very different track-and-field athletes, each trying to figure out what they want out of life, they find a love for which they'd risk everything."--
16) Record run
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"After getting soaked by Harry's water balloon, Paul chases Harry down. He didn't expect Harry to be so fast. He gives Harry a choice: join the track team or else. Harry doesn't think it's fun to run if he's not being chased. With Paul's help, can Harry find a good reason to run?"--Unedited summary from book.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
School Field Day is coming up, and Ellie is worried she'll be last in everything. But then she comes up with an excellent idea - she can practice for all the events with Rascal. After all, the playful puppy is far better at running and catching things than she is. Can Rascal save the day?
18) One good punch
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Eigtheen-year-old Michael Kerrigan, writer of obituaries for the Scranton Observer and captain of the track team, is ready for the most important season of his life--until the police find four joints in his school locker, and he is faced with a choice that could change everything.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When an athletic competition with the school's super-villains gets way out of hand, young Wonder Woman, Supergirl, and Batgirl team up with a few of their fellow superpowered students to save the day after the school bell rings"--
20) Run
Author
Publisher
Cormorant Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Terrified of being targeted by bullies for being overweight, Lionel tries to go through grade 8 attracting as little notice as possible. But Lionel discovers something about himself: he's fast. And Lionel takes up running. That leads to joining a running group, and being recruited for the school track team. But being on the track team and getting more attention brings him closer to the bullies he's been avoiding - and makes him a target."--