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Sunflower Seeds

This is a snack the narrator enjoys, which connects this person both to a father and to the convenience store owner who sells them.

Martin Luther King Park

This is the place where the Defenders track team practices and holds their meet.

Everything Sports

This is the sporting goods store where the main character steals a pair of running shoes.

Silver Bullets

This is the pair of running sneakers the main character shoplifts then gets as a gift.

Fartleks

This is a training exercise in which runners run at 80% for three minutes, then sprint all-out for a minute.

Ladders

This is a training exercise in which runners run 400-meter, 300-meter, 200-meter and 100-meter sprints, then 200-meter, 300-meter and 400 meter sprints.

Chicken Wing

This is something that one character throws at another, starting a fight.

Glass Manor

This is the place where the narrator lives with his...

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