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"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." --

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,...

When Ring Lake Middle School decides to host an Olympic Fest, Kyle is assigned to compete in the track and field throwing events--will practice make him good, or will he embarrass himself in front of everyone?

When 14-year-old Billy joins the track team, he improves his running and other areas of his life too.

Papa, Sister, and Brother compete in the Bear Family Big Track meet, and race, jump and climb their way to win gold. --

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?

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.

"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."--

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?

"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"--