Summary

Chapter 5: World Record for the Most Runaways in a Single Day – While Ghost is happy about his converted high-tops, his legs hurt from all the running at practice the previous day. In Social Studies, Shamika, a large silly girl, begins laughing at Ghost’s shoes. The teacher asks Shamika what is so funny, so she points to Ghost’s shoes. This causes everyone in class to laugh, and Ghost to be humiliated and angered.

The lunch bell rings, so Ghost takes the opportunity to run away from school to clear his mind. He ends up at Everything Sports, and looks over the running shoe section. He tries on a pair of silver shoes that remind him of wearing bullets. They fit perfectly. He slips them into his backpack and steals them.

Ghost feels strange and scared, so he goes to the place he feels...