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Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 30
Language
English
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Description
Geronimo Stilton is entered in the Mouse Island Marathon by his friend Champ Strongpaws who then forces him to train for it.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Darius is a writer whose only escape is his alter ego, a peregrine falcon named Fury, and Twig is a middle-distance runner striving for athletic success. But they are drawn together in the struggle to overcome the obstacles that life in Harlem throws at them. The two friends must face down bullies, an abusive uncle, and the idea that they'll be stuck in the same place forever.
3) Heartbeat
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.
Author
Series
Hundred Oaks volume 5
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
To honor her dead boyfriend and cope with her grief and guilt, college student Annie trains for a marathon with athletic Jeremiah, who flirts with Annie on the trails and makes her feel alive and happy and guilty all at the same time.
5) Patina
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
A story to show how to keep going even when something is difficult. Girls (and boys!) can become stronger and more resilient simply by realizing how strong and resilient they already are, and running provides a pathway to that realization.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
Like most siblings, Leo and Caleb have a complicated relationship. But Caleb's violent outbursts literally send Leo running. When the family is forced to relocate due to Caleb's uncontrollable behavior, Leo tries to settle into a new school, joining the cross-country team and discovering his talent for racing and endurance for distance. Things even begin to look up for Leo when he befriends Curtis, a potential state champion who teaches Leo strategy...
9) Run wild
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A celebration of the joy of being outdoors features a child who abandons his digital device in favor of joining a friend outside.
Author
Language
English
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There are two things that Corinne Parker knows to be true: that she is in love with Maggie Bailey, the captain of the rival high school's cross-country team and her secret girlfriend of a year, and that she isn't ready for anyone to know she's bisexual. But then Maggie dies, and Corinne quickly learns that the only thing worse than losing Maggie is being left heartbroken over a relationship no one knows existed. And to make things even more complicated,...
11) Faster! Faster!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A day at the park. A ride on Daddy's back. Run, Daddy! Faster! Faster! How fast can Daddy go? Faster than a dog? A horse? How about a cheetah? Must his feet even touch the ground? Leslie Patricelli reprises the duo from Higher! Higher! in another humorous riff on a favorite pastime - a laugh-out-loud-funny tale of few words about doting dads and high-energy kids whose imaginations know no bounds.
13) Right as Rain
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Rain must adjust to a new normal after her brother dies and her family moves to New York City"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When it is first announced, Chicken Little is not interested in the marathon featuring Hare--until the rest of the flock falls for Hare's fraudulent methods and she becomes determined to prove that Hare is a total fraud.
Author
Series
Mia Mayhem volume 3
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Mia is excited about her first superspeed training class, but a bully on her relay team leads her to lose her shadow and, worse, to snap at her friends.
Author
Series
Abby in between volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Nine-year-old Abby McAdams grapples with changes in her home life, her body, and her perspective on the world as she navigates fourth grade.
18) A-Train Allen
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Allen, known as A-Train because he is the fastest kid around, races through the city towards the one thing that will get him to slow down.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Alice Evelyn Davis, seventeen, has generally gotten all she wants from life but when her college of choice rejects her, problems with her best friend arise, and she faces an unexpected loss, her new-found interest in running helps get her through.
20) Ghost
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
Language
English
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10 Worth Trying: Young Adult Sports [Middle School Readers]
TAB 2017 Picks
The Great American Read - 2018
TAB 2017 Picks
The Great American Read - 2018
Description
Aspiring to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school's track team, gifted runner Ghost finds his goal challenged by a tragic past with a violent father.
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