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Track Star #4 by Kelly Starling Lyons

Track Star #4

Kelly Starling Lyons

Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · August 29, 2023

From the award-winning author of the Jada Jones chapter books comes an illustrated spinoff series perfect for STEM fans!

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Who it’s for
Miles trains for Brookside Elementary’s Fun Run, then faces a choice about what winning means.
Themes
Perseverance, Helping a friend, Redefining winning
Genres
Track & Field Stories, Friendship, Chapter Books

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About this book

From the award-winning author of the Jada Jones chapter books comes an illustrated spinoff series perfect for STEM fans! The annual Fun Run is coming up at Brookside Elementary! The students will all run laps around the carpool lane, and Miles Lewis wants to be one of the top five runners. Even though he zooms through sprints, he runs out of gas for long distance, so he creates a nutrition and exercise regimen to boost his endurance.

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But on the big day, he witnesses one kid struggling to keep going. Should Miles keep pressing for his personal best, or should he lend support to help a friend? In the end, Miles must decide what winning really means to him.

Brookside Fun Run

Miles trains for Brookside Elementary’s Fun Run, then faces a choice about what winning means.

Come here for

  • Miles’s push to make the Fun Run’s top five
  • A choice between a personal best and helping a friend

Expect

  • Sprints, long-distance running, and building endurance
  • A decision about supporting a struggling runner

Where it sits

Friendship87%
Track & Field Stories86%
Chapter Books37%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • US: African American Stories
  • Track & Field Stories
  • Chapter Books
Authors
Kelly Starling Lyons
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
August 29, 2023
Format
Paperback
Theme
Perseverance · Helping a friend · Redefining winning
Reading lane
US: African American Stories