Track and Running
This is the sport that Castle unexpectedly joins after crashing a practice session to prove he is fast.
What is track? (or running)
This is Castle’s actual, legal first name before he gives himself his nickname.
What is Castle?
This is the name of the neighborhood country store where Castle buys his sunflower seeds every single day.
What is Mr. Charles’s store?
This is the dangerous weapon Castle’s father fired at him and his mother three years ago, leading to his arrest.
This is the dangerous weapon Castle’s father fired at him and his mother three years ago, leading to his arrest.
Castle describes the elderly store owner, Mr. Charles, as looking exactly like this classic fast-food icon.
Who is Outer Banks / Colonel Sanders?
This is the official name of the elite track team coached by Coach Brody.
Who are the Defenders?
This is the name of the lower-income neighborhood where Castle and his mother live.
What is Glass Manor?
This is the exact amount of money Castle pays Mr. Charles for a single bag of sunflower seeds.
What is one dollar? (or four quarters)
This is the 24-hour business where Castle and his mother ran to hide on the night his father attacked them.
What is Mr. Charles's 24-hour store?
What is a taxicab?
Castle earns his spot on the team by informally racing and tying this star veteran sprinter during practice.
Who is Lu?
Castle claims this famous NBA star is his favorite basketball player of all time.
Who is LeBron James?
Instead of spitting them out on the ground, Castle does this with the empty sunflower seed shells.
What is sucks on them / keeps them in his cheek?
Desperate to fit in with his teammates' expensive gear, Castle commits this crime at a sporting goods store.
What is shoplifting / stealing running shoes?
Because of his old age, Mr. Charles suffers from this specific physical limitation, causing Castle to speak up.
This is the precious sports prize that Coach Brody won in his past, which he keeps locked in his car.
What is an Olympic gold medal?
This is the specific department of the hospital where Castle's mother works to support the family.
What is the cafeteria?
Castle loves reading a book about world records, and he wants to set a record for eating these without stopping.
What are sunflower seeds?
This is the specific type of food the team eats together at a Chinese restaurant during the "newbie" welcome dinner.
What is Peking duck?
This is the name of Castle’s cousin who plays football and whom Castle looks out for at school.
Who is King?
This is the name given to the professional running shoes that the elite members of the Defenders wear.
What are spikes?
This is the title of the romance movie Castle watches with Mr. Charles while hiding out at the store.
What is Lord of the Rings? (Note: Ghost jokes that it looks like a romance because of how people talk).
Aside from seeds, Castle's mother hoards these items all over their apartment, claiming they might be useful later.
What are plastic grocery bags?
This is the high-end brand name of the silver running shoes that Castle steals.
What are Nikes?
This is Coach Brody’s actual first name, which Castle discovers later in the chapters.