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1) Sidetracked
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Seventh-grader Joseph Friedman is friendless and puny, with ADD to boot. He spends most of his time avoiding the class bully and hiding out in the Resource Room. But the Resource Room teacher encourages (i.e., practically forces) him to join the school cross country team, and he meets Heather, a new student who's tough and athletic and refuses to be pushed around by anybody"--
2) Patina
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's been almost a year since Rain's brother Guthrie died, and her parents still don't know it was all Rain's fault. In fact, no one does--Rain buried her secret deep, no matter how heavy it weighs on her heart. So when her mom suggests moving the family from Vermont to New York City, Rain agrees. But life in the big city is different. She's never seen so many people in one place--or felt more like an outsider. With her parents fighting more than...
4) 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
Series
Abby in between volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 30
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Geronimo Stilton is entered in the Mouse Island Marathon by his friend Champ Strongpaws who then forces him to train for it.
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.
9) Track star
Author
Series
Miles Lewis volume 4
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Determined to be a top runner at his school's annual Fun Run, Miles creates a health regimen to boost his endurance, but on the big day, he notices a friend struggling to keep going, forcing Miles to decide what winning really means to him.
Author
Series
Mia Mayhem volume 3
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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
Sadiq volume 2
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Sadiq wants to try out for the youth football team like his friends, but his parents feel he is too young, and instead suggest that he take up running and join the track club--Sadiq feels that running is wimpy, but the coach convinces him that running races can be fun as well.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Ellie, the littlest elephant, is in a big hurry. She's just learned to swim, and she's excited to get in the pool. She better get dashing if she wants to be the first one in! But as she crashes through the jungle, Ellie doesn't stop to see all the creatures she's knocked out of the way. Until...she steps on a tiger tail"--Front jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Little Island Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Azari's life has been split in two and the halves are as different as lemons and mangoes. Running links the two parts of her life: sometimes when she runs it is because she wants to, because she feels strong and free. But sometimes it is because she has no other choice. When Azari and her mother flee for their lives to Ireland they are put in a centre for asylum seekers. They must share a room with a stranger, eat food they don't know the name of...
14) Johnny Quick
Author
Series
Flash volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Follows Barry Allen as he continues his mission to protect Central City from the sinister Hocus Pocus-- but this time, a new evil lurks beneath the city streets. The Flash plans to travel to Earth 2, but instead he lands in a world where everything is the exact opposite of what he knows. Including the villain in this town. Johnny Quick looks like the Flash. He runs like the Flash. He... may be the Flash? But the only way for the real Flash to get...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Chicken Little dislikes competition. So when a marathon—featuring local-record holder, Hare!—is announced in the barnyard, she doesn't understand all the fuss. Until she watches her brood fall beak over claw for the gamey Hare and ditch their training in favor of his smoothies, sweatbands, and sneakers! Can Chicken Little prove this frontrunner's methods are phony or will she have to wing it and join the very long race? The plucky star of Chicken...
16) Half Moon summer
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Two seventh graders, Drew and Mia, spend their summer in Half Moon Bay, California, training for a half-marathon, and supporting each other as their families struggle with medical and financial problems.
"Drew was never much of a runner -- until his dad's unexpected diagnosis. Mia has nothing better to do -- until she realizes entering Half Moon Bay's half-marathon could solve her family's housing problems. And just like that they decide to spend...
17) Patina
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
Fantasma. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Cuatro jóvenes de familias completamente diferentes, con personalidades que se vuelven explosivas al chocar. Pero son también cuatro jóvenes de secundaria que fueron escogidos para un equipo de élite de atletismo... un equipo que los podría ayudar a clasificarse para las Olimpiadas Juveniles. Todos tienen mucho que perder, pero también tienen mucho que demostrar, no solo a sus compañeros sino a sí mismos. Patina...
18) Ghost
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of a brand-new series from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning author Jason Reynolds. 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 team that...
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