Ghost: Chapters 4–6

by Jason Reynolds
Castle Cranshaw, also known as Ghost, could be the star sprinter on his middle school track team — if he can stay out of trouble.

Here are links to our lists for the novel: Chapters 1–3, Chapters 4–6, Chapters 7–10

Here are links to our lists for the Track series: Ghost, Patina, Sunny, Lu

Here are links to our lists for other books by Jason Reynolds: When I Was the Greatest, The Boy in the Black Suit, All American Boys, Long Way Down
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  1. consequence
    the outcome of an event
    If this was what the consequences of getting sent to Mr. Marshall's office were going to be every time, I'd rather have him just call my mother.
  2. specialty
    an asset of special worth or utility
    He divided everyone up into whatever their specialty was.
  3. literally
    without exaggeration
    I was literally folded in half, trying to catch my breath.
  4. adrenaline
    hormone secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress
    My adrenaline was still pumping from all that trash Lu was talking.
  5. blather
    talk foolishly
    Despite his riding-in-silence comment, Coach was blathering on, probably telling me a story, but I wasn't really listening.
  6. procrastinate
    waste time or postpone doing what one should be doing
    I knew what I needed to do, and I knew that I had to do it before my mother got home and made me eat dinner and watch some sappy flick with her while she procrastinated doing her homework.
  7. stethoscope
    a medical instrument for listening to sounds inside the body
    She always says she can't wait to one day trade that serving spoon for a stethoscope, and this house for a new one not in Glass Manor.
  8. paranoid
    suffering from delusions of persecution or grandeur
    The cops never came. I didn't stop, though. Too paranoid.
  9. mangle
    destroy or injure severely
    Mr. Charles looked down at my mangled kicks and dropped his mouth open.
  10. loiter
    linger, remain, or wait around for no apparent reason
    "Ain't nobody loitering. You don't see me just spitting seeds on your floor or nothing like that," I protested. I opened my hand so he could see that I had been spitting them into my palm.
    "No, not littering. Loitering,” Mr. Charles said, ripping open a box.
  11. coincidence
    an accidental event that seems to have been arranged
    This was just a coincidence.
  12. megaphone
    a cone-shaped acoustic device to amplify the human voice
    Then came the long honk. Then the megaphone. Coach rolled his window down and started screaming at us — well, really just me — through it.
  13. impressed
    deeply or markedly affected or influenced
    Mikey and Aaron and Brit-Brat and J.J. and pretty much all the vets groaned, but I could tell they were impressed by lanky-legged Sunny.
  14. reflex
    an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
    It's just like a reflex.
  15. phlebotomy
    surgical incision into a vein to draw blood
    The homework Ma was avoiding tonight was all about how to draw blood — they call it phlebotomy — and the movie of the night was Love Jones, which we've seen a bazillion times, but my ma loves it.
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