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1) Maniac Magee
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A Newbery Medal winning modern classic about a racially divided small town and a boy who runs.
Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run—and not just run away, but run. This is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his...
Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadn't made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to run—and not just run away, but run. This is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his...
3) Ghost
Author
Series
Track volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"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"--
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Molly has always lived in her sister's shadow and her feelings for her sister have run the gamut. But when her sister, a world-class runner, suffers a heart attack and does not regain consciousness, Molly must make the tough decisions in a role that will destroy some of her most cherished beliefs about the sister she thought she knew.
6) Sidetracked
Author
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"--
8) Heartbeat
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Theo, overweight and out of shape, finds that with his friend's support he just might be able to run in the race to raise money to help cancer patients like his aunt.
11) Running scared
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Best friends Olivia and Jessica are good runners, but Olivia is uncomfortable with competition, so when her friend talks her into joining the track team and Olivia is assigned to a long distance race, she is suddenly overcome by a fear of failure.
12) Marathon mouse
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Preston the mouse has always dreamed of running in the New York City Marathon and even when his family says he cannot do it, Preston refuses to let go of his dream"--
Author
Series
Boris volume 3
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
School field day is coming up and Boris and his friends are practicing hard because they are determined not to let Eddie win again, but on race day Boris is forced to choose between winning and friendship.
15) Right as Rain
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
Description
The New York Times bestseller Eat and Run is "the inspiring story of an inspired man. Scott Jurek's phenomenal success as an ultra-marathoner demonstrates that meat and other animal foods are not necessary for optimum health, strength, and endurance."—Andrew Weil, #1 New York Times bestelling author of Spontaneous Happiness
For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force — and darling — in the grueling and growing...
For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force — and darling — in the grueling and growing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Superman and The Flash can't decide who is faster, so they want to have a race around the world! But will a bunch of super-villains and their dastardly deeds get in the way of finding out who is the fastest?
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