running

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running

Racing the past

2001
After the death of his abusive father, eleven-year-old Ricky tries to help his younger brother deal with his residual fears and discovers that running helps him deal with his own anger and the taunts of a bullying classmate.

The battle for St. Michaels

2002
In 1813, nine-year-old Caroline, a fast runner, helps the residents of Saint Michaels, Maryland, as they defend their town against the British.

The fastest runner

2004
Ben, a runner, must decide what is the right thing to do when his grades, which are not good enough for him to make the track team, are confused with those of another student with the same last name.

The runner

2005
As a dedicated runner, a teenage boy has always managed to distance himself from other people until the experience of coaching one of his teammates on the track team gradually helps him see the value of giving and receiving.

The runner

1986
As a dedicated runner, a teenage boy has always managed to distance himself from other people until the experience of coaching one of his teammates on the track team gradually helps him see the value of giving and receiving.

Swollen

2004
Unhappy San Diego teenager Samantha Pallas, a passionate runner who holds back during races, lives with her philandering father and his pregnant girlfriend, and searches for love in casual sex on the beach, seeks validation in a relationship with Farouk, a sophisticated new boy from Iran, while her school mourns the death of Owen, the popular star of the track team.

Playing a Virginia moon

1994
Determined to win the cross country running championship, high school senior Chet finds himself faced with competition both in athletics and in love.

Finklehopper Frog

2003
Finklehopper Frog's jogging style and wild jogging suit meet with criticism until he runs into Ruby Rabbit.

The brilliant fall of Gianna Z

2009
Gianna has less than one week to complete her leaf project if she wants to compete in the upcoming cross-country sectionals, but issues like procrastination, disorganization--and her grandmother's declining health--seem destined to keep her from finishing.

Track attack

2009
Jazz worries that her father's over-enthusiastic attitude about her track skills will distract her from focusing on her races.

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