So good. I loved this story about Castle 'Ghost' Crenshaw, who has a lot of inner anger. He lives in, well, not the nicest part of town with his mother, who does her best by him but works a lot of hours at the local hospital. His father is in jail. He happens upon a track practice for an elite team called "The Defenders" and decides to run a race with the team. He does well and gets to join the team on one condition: that he behave while on the team: homework done, no altercations at school. Can Ghost live by these rules even when others make fun of him?

Reynolds creates a wonderful character that will tug at your heart. I'm hoping that the rest of the series will focus on the other new runners and their stories.