{"id":14706,"date":"2025-04-12T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14706"},"modified":"2025-04-12T13:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T18:42:35","slug":"k-is-for-keeping-pace-running-academically-shes-gotta-win-by-laurie-morrison-mg-fiction-a2z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=14706","title":{"rendered":"K is for KEEPING PACE: running, academically, she’s gotta win! by Laurie Morrison (MG fiction) #A2Z"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Striving all year for best grades,
applying for the prestigious writing camp\u2026
No, and no – now what? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace worked so hard to get highest 8th grade GPA and impress her novelist dad, but lost the award to former friend Jonah. The summer before high school stretches out before the Philadelphia teen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Babysitting the young son of Dad’s new girlfriend\u2026 not as easy as it looks.
Creative writing class\u2026 ahh, like her favorite verse novels, not Dad’s blockbuster novel.
Training for the half-marathon to benefit local wetlands\u2026 just as she and Jonah planned in 6th grade\u2026oh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The treehouse between her house and his grandmother’s next door was their happy place every summer, at least before Jonah’s dad got sick and died a few years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their competition for grades and honors pushed the friends apart\u2026 should they try to fix it?
Getting closer to him at her birthday party\u2026 awkward? just right?
Jonah not at the same high school next year\u2026 what!? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This summer means new friends at creative writing class, talking through big sister Celia’s plans after high school, running with her and sometimes with Jonah, half-marathon and high school on the horizon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is she if she isn’t the smartest student?
Will she beat Jonah at the half-marathon?
Would she rather be with him instead of being rivals? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goal-setting listmaker Grace’s weekly training plan for the half-marathon starts each group of chapters as she moves through a summer where winning might not be all that she wants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When did you decide that an outside goal wasn’t yours anymore?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Keeping Pace \/ Laurie Morrison. Abrams\/Amulet, 2024. [author site https:\/\/lauriemorrisonwrites.com\/books\/<\/a>] [publisher site https:\/\/store.abramsbooks.com\/products\/keeping-pace<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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