🏚️ Working Class Teens

Coming-of-age stories set against the backdrop of financial hardship, where adolescence is complicated by adult responsibilities and limited horizons.

No Shame in My Game

by Katherine S. Newman • 1999

The job everyone ridicules might be the best shot at dignity for America's working poor.

3.75

466

🧐 Urban Ethnography 🧑‍🏭 Working Poor 🍔 Low-Wage Labor

No Shame in My Game 88%

The job everyone ridicules might be the best shot at dignity for America's working poor.

by Katherine S. Newman 1999

3.75

466 ratings

🧐 Urban Ethnography 🧑‍🏭 Working Poor 🍔 Low-Wage Labor

Money Hungry

by Sharon G. Flake • 2001

Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.

4.10

4k+

🪙 Childhood Poverty 🏚️ Housing Insecurity 😰 Financial Anxiety

Money Hungry 88%

Raspberry's money obsession is a wall she builds against the homelessness she barely escaped.

by Sharon G. Flake 2001

4.10

4k+ ratings

🪙 Childhood Poverty 🏚️ Housing Insecurity 😰 Financial Anxiety

Lawn Boy

by Jonathan Evison • 2018

Mike Muñoz is a lawn boy, a caretaker, and a man who's never been honest about who he loves.

3.83

10k+

🏗️ Working Class Fiction 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 👨‍👦 Sibling Caretaker

Lawn Boy 88%

Mike Muñoz is a lawn boy, a caretaker, and a man who's never been honest about who he loves.

by Jonathan Evison 2018

3.83

10k+ ratings

🏗️ Working Class Fiction 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 👨‍👦 Sibling Caretaker

Ain't No Makin' It

by Jay MacLeod • 2008

One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.

4.07

1k+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Sociology ⚖️ Class Inequality

Ain't No Makin' It 87%

One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.

by Jay MacLeod 2008

4.07

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Sociology ⚖️ Class Inequality

Chavs

by Owen Jones • 2011

The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.

4.08

11k+

🇬🇧 British Class Politics 🏷️ Class Prejudice 🏭 Deindustrialization

Chavs 87%

The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.

by Owen Jones 2011

4.08

11k+ ratings

🇬🇧 British Class Politics 🏷️ Class Prejudice 🏭 Deindustrialization

Paper Girl

by Beth Macy • 2025

A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.

4.02

11k+

🏡 Rural America 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🏭 Post-Industrial Decline

Paper Girl 87%

A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.

by Beth Macy 2025

4.02

11k+ ratings

🏡 Rural America 👷 Working-Class Memoir 🏭 Post-Industrial Decline

Hillbilly Elegy

by J.D. Vance • 2016

Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.

3.83

508k+

⛰️ Appalachian Memoir 🏭 White Working Class 🧸 Childhood Adversity

Hillbilly Elegy 87%

Poverty teaches a lesson that keeps you poor: your effort doesn't matter.

by J.D. Vance 2016

3.83

508k+ ratings

⛰️ Appalachian Memoir 🏭 White Working Class 🧸 Childhood Adversity

Kids These Days

by Malcolm Harris • 2017

Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.

3.77

2k+

👥 Generational Economics 💼 Human Capital Theory 💸 Student Debt Crisis

Kids These Days 87%

Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.

by Malcolm Harris 2017

3.77

2k+ ratings

👥 Generational Economics 💼 Human Capital Theory 💸 Student Debt Crisis

A Pelican Introduction

by Mike Savage • 2015

Three hidden currencies now define British class, and only one appears on a payslip.

4.06

546

🏛️ Class Analysis 🇬🇧 British Society 🎭 Cultural Capital

A Pelican Introduction 87%

Three hidden currencies now define British class, and only one appears on a payslip.

by Mike Savage 2015

4.06

546 ratings

🏛️ Class Analysis 🇬🇧 British Society 🎭 Cultural Capital

American Made

by Farah Stockman • 2021

Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.

4.31

1k+

🏭 Deindustrialization 🏚️ Rust Belt 👷 Working Class America

American Made 87%

Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.

by Farah Stockman 2021

4.31

1k+ ratings

🏭 Deindustrialization 🏚️ Rust Belt 👷 Working Class America

No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy

by Mark Hodkinson • 2022

One book in his house growing up. Now he owns 3,500 and publishes his own.

3.74

688

🏭 Working Class Literature 📚 Bibliophilia 🎓 Autodidact Stories

No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy 87%

One book in his house growing up. Now he owns 3,500 and publishes his own.

by Mark Hodkinson 2022

3.74

688 ratings

🏭 Working Class Literature 📚 Bibliophilia 🎓 Autodidact Stories

That Was Then, This Is Now

by S.E. Hinton • 1998

Bryon and Mark were like brothers, until Mark's drug dealing forced an impossible choice.

3.94

42k+

🏚️ Gritty Realism 💔 Doomed Friendship 🏠 Found Family

That Was Then, This Is Now 87%

Bryon and Mark were like brothers, until Mark's drug dealing forced an impossible choice.

by S.E. Hinton 1998

3.94

42k+ ratings

🏚️ Gritty Realism 💔 Doomed Friendship 🏠 Found Family

Homeboyz

by Alan Sitomer • 2007

His sister killed by gangs, a teen genius must choose between revenge and saving a boy.

4.34

2k+

🔫 Gang Drama ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🧑‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor

Homeboyz 87%

His sister killed by gangs, a teen genius must choose between revenge and saving a boy.

by Alan Sitomer 2007

4.34

2k+ ratings

🔫 Gang Drama ⚔️ Revenge Quest 🧑‍🏫 Reluctant Mentor

Maid

by Stephanie Land • 2019

A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

3.86

114k+

💰 Working Poor 🧹 Domestic Labor 🌫️ Invisible Labor

Maid 87%

A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.

by Stephanie Land 2019

3.86

114k+ ratings

💰 Working Poor 🧹 Domestic Labor 🌫️ Invisible Labor

The Vanishing American Adult

by Ben Sasse • 2017

Why young Americans mock adulthood, and the uncomfortable remedy their parents must impose.

4.03

6k+

🧑‍🎓 Extended Adolescence 🧓 Intergenerational Living 🛠️ Work Ethic

The Vanishing American Adult 87%

Why young Americans mock adulthood, and the uncomfortable remedy their parents must impose.

by Ben Sasse 2017

4.03

6k+ ratings

🧑‍🎓 Extended Adolescence 🧓 Intergenerational Living 🛠️ Work Ethic

Poverty Safari

by Darren McGarvey • 2017

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

4.01

7k+

🏚️ Urban Poverty 📊 Class Analysis 💊 Addiction And Recovery

Poverty Safari 87%

Poverty isn't just broke. It's trauma, addiction, and a mind that fights its own rescue.

by Darren McGarvey 2017

4.01

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Urban Poverty 📊 Class Analysis 💊 Addiction And Recovery

Le boulevard

by Jean-François Sénéchal • 2016

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

3.66

504

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting

Le boulevard 86%

His mother vanishes on his eighteenth birthday. Developmentally different, Chris must build a life.

by Jean-François Sénéchal 2016

3.66

504 ratings

🧠 Neurodivergent Narrator 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Chosen Family 🍁 QuéBéCois Setting

English Journey

by J.B. Priestley • 1934

Factories silent, towns hollow, but the people Priestley met in 1933 refused to vanish.

4.09

483

🏭 Industrial Decline 📉 Depression Era 👷 Working Class Life

English Journey 86%

Factories silent, towns hollow, but the people Priestley met in 1933 refused to vanish.

by J.B. Priestley 1934

4.09

483 ratings

🏭 Industrial Decline 📉 Depression Era 👷 Working Class Life

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love & Friendship

by Jack Canfield • 2002

True teen stories of first love, first heartbreak, and the friendships that get you through both.

4.05

2k+

🫂 Teen Relationships ✨ Inspirational Anecdotes 💪 Teen Self-Esteem

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love & Friendship Summary

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love & Friendship 86%

True teen stories of first love, first heartbreak, and the friendships that get you through both.

by Jack Canfield 2002

4.05

2k+ ratings

🫂 Teen Relationships ✨ Inspirational Anecdotes 💪 Teen Self-Esteem

The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make

by Sean Covey • 2005

Six decisions in your teens determine the next fifty years. How to make them count.

4.02

2k+

🧭 Teen Self-Help 🫂 Peer Pressure 🏠 Parent-Teen Conflict

The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make Summary

The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make 86%

Six decisions in your teens determine the next fifty years. How to make them count.

by Sean Covey 2005

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧭 Teen Self-Help 🫂 Peer Pressure 🏠 Parent-Teen Conflict

No and Me

by Delphine de Vigan • 2007

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

3.72

20k+

🖋️ Literary Young Adult 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧠 Precocious Narrator

No and Me 86%

A thirteen-year-old prodigy, too anxious to speak, meets a homeless girl and finds her voice.

by Delphine de Vigan 2007

3.72

20k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Young Adult 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧠 Precocious Narrator

Outer Banks

by Alyssa Sheinmel • 2021

Working-class Outer Banks teens and a rich girl shelter from a storm in a smuggler's hideout.

3.49

3k+

💰 Class Divide 🤝 Found Family 💕 Cross-Class Romance

Outer Banks 86%

Working-class Outer Banks teens and a rich girl shelter from a storm in a smuggler's hideout.

by Alyssa Sheinmel 2021

3.49

3k+ ratings

💰 Class Divide 🤝 Found Family 💕 Cross-Class Romance

Where We Stand

by bell hooks • 2000

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

4.24

3k+

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Class Analysis ✊🏾 Black Feminism

Where We Stand 86%

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

by bell hooks 2000

4.24

3k+ ratings

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Class Analysis ✊🏾 Black Feminism

50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School

by Charles J. Sykes • 2007

Fifty blunt lessons schools won't give you, from earning confidence to surviving a terrible boss.

3.70

283

🛡️ Tough-Love Parenting 🧭 Character Education 🎭 Self-Esteem Critique

50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School Summary

50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School 86%

Fifty blunt lessons schools won't give you, from earning confidence to surviving a terrible boss.

by Charles J. Sykes 2007

3.70

283 ratings

🛡️ Tough-Love Parenting 🧭 Character Education 🎭 Self-Esteem Critique

Not Working

by D.W. Gibson • 2012

What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.

3.68

🎙️ Oral History 💸 Economic Precarity 🔨 Work And Identity

Not Working 86%

What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.

by D.W. Gibson 2012

3.68

60 ratings

🎙️ Oral History 💸 Economic Precarity 🔨 Work And Identity

How to Win Friends and Influence People for Teen Girls

by Donna Dale Carnegie • 2005

Carnegie's classic rules for teen girls: how to make friends, defuse drama, and be heard.

3.95

1k+

👥 Teen Social Skills 👭 Teen Friendships 🤝 Human Relations

How to Win Friends and Influence People for Teen Girls Summary

How to Win Friends and Influence People for Teen Girls 86%

Carnegie's classic rules for teen girls: how to make friends, defuse drama, and be heard.

by Donna Dale Carnegie 2005

3.95

1k+ ratings

👥 Teen Social Skills 👭 Teen Friendships 🤝 Human Relations

Christ in Concrete

by Pietro Di Donato • 1937

A father buried in concrete. His twelve-year-old son must now lay brick to feed the family.

3.76

1k+

🧱 Labor Fiction 🧳 Immigrant Labor 👦 Child Breadwinner

Christ in Concrete 86%

A father buried in concrete. His twelve-year-old son must now lay brick to feed the family.

by Pietro Di Donato 1937

3.76

1k+ ratings

🧱 Labor Fiction 🧳 Immigrant Labor 👦 Child Breadwinner

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

by Jack Canfield • 1998

Real stories from real teenagers who survived the worst of high school to share what helped.

3.98

7k+

🙋 Teen Self-Help 📖 Inspirational Anthologies 🎤 True Life Stories

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II Summary

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II 86%

Real stories from real teenagers who survived the worst of high school to share what helped.

by Jack Canfield 1998

3.98

7k+ ratings

🙋 Teen Self-Help 📖 Inspirational Anthologies 🎤 True Life Stories

Juvenile Delinquency

by Larry J. Siegel • 2004

Youth crime stems from biology, poverty, and a system caught between punishment and rehabilitation.

3.73

109

🏛️ Juvenile Justice 📚 Criminological Theory 🔍 Youth Crime

Juvenile Delinquency 86%

Youth crime stems from biology, poverty, and a system caught between punishment and rehabilitation.

by Larry J. Siegel 2004

3.73

109 ratings

🏛️ Juvenile Justice 📚 Criminological Theory 🔍 Youth Crime

Across the Barricades

by Joan Lingard • 1972

She's Protestant. He's Catholic. In 1970s Belfast, loving each other means risking everything.

3.67

2k+

🍀 The Troubles 💔 Forbidden Romance 💕 First Love

Across the Barricades 86%

She's Protestant. He's Catholic. In 1970s Belfast, loving each other means risking everything.

by Joan Lingard 1972

3.67

2k+ ratings

🍀 The Troubles 💔 Forbidden Romance 💕 First Love

Down and Out in Paris and London

by George Orwell • 1933

Broke in Paris, Orwell descends into the invisible world of dishwashers and tramps.

4.09

103k+

🪶 Poverty Memoir 🎥 Social Documentary 🧹 Working Poor

Down and Out in Paris and London Summary

Down and Out in Paris and London 86%

Broke in Paris, Orwell descends into the invisible world of dishwashers and tramps.

by George Orwell 1933

4.09

103k+ ratings

🪶 Poverty Memoir 🎥 Social Documentary 🧹 Working Poor

Puppy Love

by Nancy E. Krulik • 2008

A teen dog walker caught between the boyfriend she's outgrowing and the handyman hiding a fortune.

3.77

1k+

🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Outgrowing First Love 🔺 Love Triangle

Puppy Love 86%

A teen dog walker caught between the boyfriend she's outgrowing and the handyman hiding a fortune.

by Nancy E. Krulik 2008

3.77

1k+ ratings

🎭 Hidden Identity 💔 Outgrowing First Love 🔺 Love Triangle

Outclassed

by Joan C. Williams • 2025

The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.

4.20

248

👷 Class Politics 🇺🇸 American Populism 📢 Political Messaging

Outclassed 86%

The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.

by Joan C. Williams 2025

4.20

248 ratings

👷 Class Politics 🇺🇸 American Populism 📢 Political Messaging

Way of the Warrior Kid

by Jocko Willink • 2018

Bullied and adrift, an eleven-year-old gets one summer with his Navy SEAL uncle.

4.63

2k+

🏖️ Summer Transformation 🛡️ Overcoming Bullying 💪 Tough Love Mentor

Way of the Warrior Kid 86%

Bullied and adrift, an eleven-year-old gets one summer with his Navy SEAL uncle.

by Jocko Willink 2018

4.63

2k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Transformation 🛡️ Overcoming Bullying 💪 Tough Love Mentor

The Other Wes Moore

by Wes Moore • 2010

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

3.87

60k+

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age

The Other Wes Moore 86%

Two boys named Wes Moore, same city. One became a Rhodes Scholar; the other got life.

by Wes Moore 2010

3.87

60k+ ratings

👥 Parallel Lives 🏙️ Urban Poverty 🌱 Coming Of Age

All My Rage

by Sabaa Tahir • 2022

Sal sells drugs to save his motel, hiding it from Noor, the girl he loves.

4.48

66k+

🌄 Immigrant Dreams 🕌 Pakistani-American 💞 Friends To Lovers

All My Rage 86%

Sal sells drugs to save his motel, hiding it from Noor, the girl he loves.

by Sabaa Tahir 2022

4.48

66k+ ratings

🌄 Immigrant Dreams 🕌 Pakistani-American 💞 Friends To Lovers

16 ans et papa

by Marilou Addison • 2017

A carefree sixteen-year-old learns his fling is pregnant, and she is keeping the baby.

4.20

133

🍼 Teen Fatherhood 🧬 Generational Trauma 👨‍👦 Father Son Bond

16 ans et papa 86%

A carefree sixteen-year-old learns his fling is pregnant, and she is keeping the baby.

by Marilou Addison 2017

4.20

133 ratings

🍼 Teen Fatherhood 🧬 Generational Trauma 👨‍👦 Father Son Bond

Life at the Bottom

by Theodore Dalrymple • 2001

Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.

4.23

4k+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Welfare State Critique 🎭 Victimhood Culture

Life at the Bottom 86%

Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.

by Theodore Dalrymple 2001

4.23

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Welfare State Critique 🎭 Victimhood Culture

No Fixed Address

by Susin Nielsen • 2018

A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

4.22

6k+

🚐 Hidden Homelessness 🧠 Parental Depression 🤫 Family Secrets

No Fixed Address 86%

A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

by Susin Nielsen 2018

4.22

6k+ ratings

🚐 Hidden Homelessness 🧠 Parental Depression 🤫 Family Secrets

Falling Short

by Ernesto Cisneros • 2022

Sixth grade. Basketball tryouts. Two best friends whose fathers are failing them in different ways.

4.05

2k+

🏀 Middle School Sports 🤝 Odd Couple Friends 💔 Absent Father

Falling Short 86%

Sixth grade. Basketball tryouts. Two best friends whose fathers are failing them in different ways.

by Ernesto Cisneros 2022

4.05

2k+ ratings

🏀 Middle School Sports 🤝 Odd Couple Friends 💔 Absent Father

The Girls Who Grew Big

by Leila Mottley • 2025

Banished to Florida, a pregnant teen finds home among the mothers she was warned to avoid.

3.99

29k+

👶 Teen Motherhood 🤲 Found Family ✍️ Lyrical Prose

The Girls Who Grew Big 86%

Banished to Florida, a pregnant teen finds home among the mothers she was warned to avoid.

by Leila Mottley 2025

3.99

29k+ ratings

👶 Teen Motherhood 🤲 Found Family ✍️ Lyrical Prose

Charming as a Verb

by Ben Philippe • 2020

His neighbor catches his dog-walking hustle and demands a social makeover to keep quiet.

3.84

8k+

🎓 College Admissions 🏙️ NYC Private School 🤝 Reluctant Friendship

Charming as a Verb 86%

His neighbor catches his dog-walking hustle and demands a social makeover to keep quiet.

by Ben Philippe 2020

3.84

8k+ ratings

🎓 College Admissions 🏙️ NYC Private School 🤝 Reluctant Friendship

Below Stairs

by Margaret Powell • 1968

She cooked their banquets in early 1900s England, and they forgot she existed.

3.58

15k+

🧹 Domestic Service 👷 Working Class Memoir 🇬🇧 British Social History

Below Stairs 86%

She cooked their banquets in early 1900s England, and they forgot she existed.

by Margaret Powell 1968

3.58

15k+ ratings

🧹 Domestic Service 👷 Working Class Memoir 🇬🇧 British Social History

And Then They Stopped Talking to Me

by Judith Warner • 2020

Middle school and its signature misery were both invented in the 1960s. Knowing why heals.

3.54

597

🧠 Adolescent Development 📜 History Of Childhood 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Teens

And Then They Stopped Talking to Me Summary

And Then They Stopped Talking to Me 86%

Middle school and its signature misery were both invented in the 1960s. Knowing why heals.

by Judith Warner 2020

3.54

597 ratings

🧠 Adolescent Development 📜 History Of Childhood 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Teens

The Trouble with Diversity

by Walter Benn Michaels • 2006

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

3.59

516

🏛️ Class Politics 💸 Economic Inequality 🏷️ Identity Politics

The Trouble with Diversity 86%

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

by Walter Benn Michaels 2006

3.59

516 ratings

🏛️ Class Politics 💸 Economic Inequality 🏷️ Identity Politics

Invisible Child

by Andrea Elliott • 2021

Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.

4.70

20k+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🛡️ Child Welfare 🔁 Intergenerational Poverty

Invisible Child 86%

Born homeless in Brooklyn, Dasani gets one shot: a boarding school that accepts one in ten.

by Andrea Elliott 2021

4.70

20k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🛡️ Child Welfare 🔁 Intergenerational Poverty

Mexican WhiteBoy

by Matt de la Peña • 2008

Half-Mexican, can't speak Spanish, he spends a summer in his father's barrio, looking for home.

3.85

6k+

🌗 Biracial Identity 👤 Absent Father 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Mexican WhiteBoy 86%

Half-Mexican, can't speak Spanish, he spends a summer in his father's barrio, looking for home.

by Matt de la Peña 2008

3.85

6k+ ratings

🌗 Biracial Identity 👤 Absent Father 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

How Rude!

by Alex J. Packer • 1997

Manners your parents forgot to teach you, and a few they never knew.

4.15

240

🎩 Teen Etiquette 🗣️ Social Skills 🍽️ Table Manners

How Rude! 86%

Manners your parents forgot to teach you, and a few they never knew.

by Alex J. Packer 1997

4.15

240 ratings

🎩 Teen Etiquette 🗣️ Social Skills 🍽️ Table Manners

A Class of Their Own

by Matthew Hammett Knott • 2022

The children had private jets. They needed a Cambridge graduate to do their homework.

3.61

376

🎓 Elite Education 💰 Wealth Inequality 👔 Class Memoir

A Class of Their Own 86%

The children had private jets. They needed a Cambridge graduate to do their homework.

by Matthew Hammett Knott 2022

3.61

376 ratings

🎓 Elite Education 💰 Wealth Inequality 👔 Class Memoir

Ghost

by Jason Reynolds • 2016

Running from a gun saved him. A track team might teach him what to run toward.

4.18

54k+

🏃 Youth Sports Drama 🫂 Found Family 🧑‍🏫 Mentor Relationship

Ghost 86%

Running from a gun saved him. A track team might teach him what to run toward.

by Jason Reynolds 2016

4.18

54k+ ratings

🏃 Youth Sports Drama 🫂 Found Family 🧑‍🏫 Mentor Relationship

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