Summary

Chapter 1: World Records – Each day, Castle “Ghost” Cranshaw purchases sunflower seeds from Mr. Charles’s shop near the hospital where Ghost’s mother, Terri, works. Mr. Charles calls his place a country store, even though they live in a city. Mr. Charles, whom Ghost describes as a white James Brown, gives Ghost a Guinness Book of World Records as a gift, and tells Ghost he will one day break a record. Ghost believes he may have already broken a record on most sunflower seeds eaten, and thinks about some of the strange world records that have been achieved – such as Andrew Dahl, who has blown up the most balloons with his nose, or Charlotte Lee, who owns the most rubber ducks in the world. Ghost goes and watches people work out through the window of the gym across the street from the bus stop...