Description
allie plans on a smooth senior cross country season - then finds herself holding the keys to the nuthouse when she agrees to be team captain. Her coach expects her to blend the girls into a championship-caliber team to take on perennial champs, Fairchild Academy. Callie escapes into her running even as running the team makes her crazy. Mark, the boy's team captain, makes her crazy, too. Callie struggles to manage the team but Mattie, a fast redhead with an eye on Mark, complicates everything. Callie never backs off a challenge but can she pull them together with the State meet just around the corner? A humorous peek inside one girl's dream to guide her team to the winner's podium. A Summer Recommended Read, 2014. "Paul Duffau knows cross country inside and out, and he knows how to tell a story. . . This is a wonderful coming of age tale as well as an exciting sports story. Highly recommended!" - John L. Parker, Jr, author of Once a Runner "Paul really understands both running and kids and tells a great story about magic season for a high school cross country team - the joy and rewards of effort regardless of talent." - Proactive Coaching ". . . it made me wish I had run cross country in high school. This is a book I'd feel good about giving my daughter to read." Jill, JillWillRun.com
Chapter 1
