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Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. 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 a�" a 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.
Patina, or Patty, runs like a flash. She runs for many reasons a�" to escape the taunts from the kids at the fancy-schmancy new school shea�TMs been sent to ever since she and her little sister had to stop living with their mom. She runs from the reason WHY shea�TMs not able to live with her a��reala�\x9d mom any more: her mom has The Sugar, and Patty is terrified that the disease that took her moma�TMs legs will one day take her away forever. And so Pattya�TMs also running for her mom, who cana�TMt. But can you ever really run away from any of this? As the stress builds, ita�TMs building up a pretty bad attitude as well. Coach wona�TMt tolerate bad attitude. No day, no way. And now he wants Patty to run relay . . . where you have to depend on other people? Howa�TMs she going to do THAT?
Grades 5-7 | Ages 8-10 | Lexile 710L