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1) Mendel
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"To honor his deceased mother, BJ joins Mendel High's track team and excels, but before he can cash in on any scholarship offers, his father's thuggish past catches up with them and an old enemy comes seeking revenge"--
2) The long run
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Sebastian Villeda is over it. Over his rep. Over his bros. Over being "Bash the Flash," fastest sprinter in South Jersey. His dad is gone, his mom is dead, and his stepfather is clueless. Bash has no idea what he wants out of life. Until he meets Sandro. Sandro Miceli is too nice for his own good. The middle child in an always-growing, always-screaming Italian family, Sandro walks around on a broken foot to not bother his busy parents. All he wants...
4) Second shot
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When fourteen-year-old Leggie LaGrande, star runner on the Bricklin Middle School track team, suffers a hamstring injury at the very start of the season, he figures his shot at the Junior Olympics is over--but his coach insists that even if he cannot run he can still compete in some other track and field event, so he finds himself working out at the shot put, competing with a new student whom he dislikes.
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It is track season and seventh-grader Marcus is struggling at the 400 meter distance and upset that his best friend Torry jokes about his slow times--so he is determined to build up enough strength to earn a place on the 4x400 meter relay at the upcoming track and field meet.
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A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history. Includes bibliographical references.
7) Sunny
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Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 3
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Sunny, the Defenders' best runner, only runs for his father, who blames Sunny for his mother's death, but with his coach's help Sunny finds a way to combine track and field with his true passion, dancing.
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"Track season is about to begin, and Sully is ready and raring to run. But on the first day of tryouts, no other students show up! If the Titans don't get more members, there won't be a track team. So Sully pays a visit to the other sports teams, hoping their star athletes will join. None of the other athletes think much of track and field. Sully will have to beat them at their own sports to change their minds"--Unedited summary from book.
9) Ghost
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Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
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6th Grade Booklist
Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month - Youth
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Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month - Youth
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"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--
10) U. and M.E
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The tall new girl at school assigned to Ron to help cover the track meet nearly ruins Ron's relationship with Janice.
12) Goldengirl
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Jack Dryden is employed by a consortium of investors to maximize their return on a natural athlete, Goldine Serafin. At first his job seems too good to be true, but the more he finds out about the cruel and unusual training methods employed and about Goldine, the more worried he gets.
14) The last goodie
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Haunted by the still unsolved abduction of his babysitter twelve years ago, high-school senior and track star, Marty Oliver, stumbles on a clue that provides a new lead in the case and finds himself involved in a dangerous adventure.
15) The Duke decides
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The college career of an athlete whose determination to train and win made him a member of the Olympic team and helped him become the fastest man alive.
17) Running on eggs
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When Karen and Yasmine become friends as well as members of a mixed Arab and Jewish track team in Israel, relatives and friends of both girls disapprove of the relationship.
19) Hope in Patience
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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.
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Sweet Valley Twins. Main series volume 40
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Elizabeth writes a story for the school newspaper and discovers the reason Danny is getting into trouble.
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