Running for Dave

Rusty always felt second-best. He wasn't a winner on the track team or in the eyes of his parents. But when his best friend gets cancer, Rusty is given a challenge he just has to meet.

Reading level: Grade 3.2 (Lexile 560)  Interest level: Grades 6-10

HIP SR novels feature exciting, action-based stories and realistic teenage characters with authentic problems and issues. Geared to reluctant adolescent and teen readers.