Cat Running Author:Zilpha Keatley Snyder Cat Kinsey is the fastest runner in Brownwood School. She's hoping to win the sixth-grade girls' race and the Winners' Grand Finale too, but her old-fashioned father refuses to let her wear slacks like the other girls. Cat is so upset by this that she decides not to run at all. But it's hard to gnore the excitement centered around the races, ... more »especially when the other kids say she's afraid to face Zane Perkins. Zane is a barefoot Okie who claims to be able to beat her. Cat's been told to stay away from such people, but she finds she can't ignore Zane or his family. As Cat is drawn into their lives she begins to see things differently, until one evening she meets Zane in a race that could mean life or death...« less