This book was a sweet, short read about a boy with ADD who takes up running alongside members of his Resource Room class. Throughout the book we see Joseph's transition from disliking running to maybe even beginning to enjoy it? This book covers the feelings of being different, of being bullied, and of family - topics such as bereavement and being separated from loved ones are covered without being too heavy. The humour is gentle and often hilarious, and I really enjoyed it - this will be perfect for middle grade readers to get their teeth into!

One day during sport at school, Joseph spots Heather, each don't fit in with their peers, Heather too fast and Joseph too slow in the group. Heather loves Olympic facts and draws the team as animals racing throughout the book.

Joseph's Grandpa is a big character in the book after going missing and doing his own thing before the seventy nine year old comes to Josephs house.

Joseph grows confident in pursuing the track team and making his teacher and grandpa proud from doing so despite being last in the races. However, Joseph has ADD and so cross country gives him something to focus on and his support teacher also is the coach of the team who sets them up races and gets them all uniforms to look like a proper team.

Joseph starts to keep a running diary after also reading a book about getting fitter and stronger which inspires him and he sees progress from his hard work running, crunching, doing press ups and getting the right nutrition.

Joseph and Heather both each meet a member of each other's family and at the same time they discover Josephs grandpa is on a dating site and so is their librarian Mrs Fishbein but will it be a great match?

This book was really inspiring and I hope it will make youngsters who read it too possibly be inspired to try out new things and make new friends from doing so.

Thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!