Book Review: Ghost by Jason Reynolds

This book starts like this: 

"CHECK THIS OUT. This dude named Andrew Dahl holds the world record for blowing up the most balloons... with his nose....

But the main character, Ghost, soon shares, "I probably hold the world record for knowing about the most world records. That, and for eating the most sunflower seeds. 

This is a book about running. Ghost is running from his past (no spoilers) and toward a something new.  This is a book about new beginnings. About forgiveness and second chances. About moving on. AND it is a book about actual running - on a team. 

I love it when I find a novel about sports that is really about the sport, about more than the sport but a book in which the sport is featured - not just as an aside. And this is that book.

Grab some sunflower seeds (they have them at the dollar store - they even have different flavors) while you crack open the shells, crack open this book. 

You can find Ghost by Jason Reynolds on the shelves of both the Nashua Public Library and the Nashua South Library. Then read the sequels: Patina, Sunny, Lu