The Boy Who Gave Up the Race to Save His Rival

belong there.”

Marcus touched the paper with his thumb.

His name was there.

Marcus Reed.

Bib number 212.

For a second, his throat felt too tight to speak.

Then he nodded.

“I’ll run.”

The weeks before the race changed him.

Not in a loud way.

Marcus did not suddenly become popular.

He did not walk through school like some movie hero.

He still carried store-brand continue reading …