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Running with Jack Scissors

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Pub Date Aug 25 2025 | Archive Date Sep 11 2025

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Sixteen-year-old Megan barely feels anything anymore.

Not since her dad died. Not since her mom stopped looking her in the eye. Not since her cross-country teammates turned every practice into a reminder that she’s not who she used to be.

Then, on a deserted trail, she meets Jack Scissors. Strange. Charming. Obsessed with all things 1970s. And determined to train Megan to run like his idol, Steve Prefontaine: with all heart.

As Jack trains her for the biggest race of the summer, Megan finds herself running faster, and feeling more, than she ever thought she could. She tells him things she’s never told anyone… including the truth about the day her father died.

But the closer race day comes, the more she wonders: Who is Jack Scissors? And why does it feel like knowing him will change everything?

For Megan its a summer of love, loss, and a boy who dared her to run and live with all heart.

Sixteen-year-old Megan barely feels anything anymore.

Not since her dad died. Not since her mom stopped looking her in the eye. Not since her cross-country teammates turned every practice into a...


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ISBN 9697729745649
PRICE $11.99 (USD)
PAGES 176

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