5K Runner is an editors pick selected by Carol Goodrow editor of kidsrunning.com and author of Happy Feet, Healthy Foods. Carol Goodrow lists 5K Runner as an editors pick in her Red Ribbon Reading list and says it is a good Read for your young runners 11 to 16 yrs… “It's a quick read that tells the story of a young boy who discovers his love of distance running,” Carol Goodrow.   Kidsrunning.com is a web site sponsored and presented byRunner’s World.

ABOUT THE BOOK: In 5K Runner, Jeff Johnson decides to run a 5K roadrace because he thinks it will be fun, but Jeff faces one of the most difficultdecisions of his life when he finds that he enjoys running more then he doesfootball.  Jeff’s two olderbrothers are “super jocks” and it is expected he will follow in their footstepsand play football in the 7th grade, and even Jeff expects that tohappen.  But when he startstraining to run a 5K-road race, he meets high school cross-country star"Too Slow" Rodriguez. Jeff's brothers tell him Too Slow is the best distance runner at thehigh school.  Through his training,and with the help of “Too Slow”, Jeff comes to realize he is a natural borndistance runner with a love for the sport. Jeff knows he will be unhappy if hedoes not run cross-country, but how can he tell his brothers and hisfootball-loving father that he is not going out for football? Will Jeff findthe courage to face up to his own family and his own fear of being “different”?