小說/散文

Ghost
出版社： Simon & Schuster, Inc.
書林書號：
20234584
作者：
Reynolds, Jason
定價：
280
會員價：
$238
ISBN：
9781481450164
出版年份：
2017
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
0
  • 本書介紹
鮮少有運動為主題的文學書受人注意，但在青少年文學中，運動已成為一股不可小覷的新起之勢，原因或許在於運動或運動員的養成幾乎都在早期的階段，而這時的生理與心理變化之巨大，也讓一般人難以想像青少年的苦與樂。Jason Reynolds書寫一系列以「田徑」為主題的小說，這在以棒球、籃球或足球運動較多的小說主題中又獨樹一格。Ghost的本名是Castle Cranshaw，但他喜歡用Ghost這個名字，因為當他的父親對他舉槍，他跟著媽媽逃跑以來，向前奔跑就成了他人生的唯一。被看中加入田徑隊的他，逐漸喜歡上運動員的專業訓練，這種奮不顧身往前衝的感覺。只是不論他如何努力地跑，過去的黑暗似乎都依然緊追在後，他能這樣逃跑一輩子嗎？在學校教練與朋友的陪伴下，Ghost背後的陰影能否不再纏繞？在每一步踏步的過程中，逐漸升起勇氣面對自己的人生與過往。

A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature.
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

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 could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves.

Running. That’s all Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But Ghost has been running for the wrong reasons—it all started with running away from his father, who, when Ghost was a very little boy, chased him and his mother through their apartment, then down the street, with a loaded gun, aiming to kill. Since then, Ghost has been the one causing problems—and running away from them—until he meets Coach, an ex-Olympic Medalist who sees something in Ghost: crazy natural talent. If Ghost can stay on track, literally and figuratively, he could be the best sprinter in the city. Can Ghost harness his raw talent for speed, or will his past finally catch up to him?
bookman