This book is so good! When I read it I wished it would never end. This story was very inspiring, and made me think about how important it is to have good friends and family who always support you and push you to do your best. I also thought about how if your good at something, go try and help someone who may not be as good, but really wants to try, just like Heather did for Joseph.

When I read Sidetracked, I felt inspired to try something new. I thought that it was kind of Joseph to cheer on the slower boy the way he did. The only thing that I would change about this book is that I would have liked the characters to pressure Joseph a little less. I also liked that Joseph had realistic feelings for cross country running. He wasn't immediately crazy about it. But over time, he realized that it wasn't as important to be better than everyone else. The important thing was to build up his own strength. Sidetracked made me feel empowered, and it has a great message.

This book was very exciting and I made a lot of connections. I would recommend this book, especially for people who love to run.

This book was a great story about friendship and finding your own interests.I t was super funny at times and easy to keep reading.

So if you where running in a race and a friend that was in a different team got pushed of the track by someone else, what would you do? A. would you continue running? B. would you stop and help him or her even if he or she tells you to go and run on and even if it would mean coming in the very last? or would you do C. do something else instead of being nice and helping them? I would do B. it is the right thing to do, and it means that you are willing to help someone in need instead of winning a race or a game (I would even help a wild bird, animal or sea animal and even help a tame animal, bird or sea animal), that is what friendship is helping a friend in need. Now if someone who is really nasty to you all the time, got pushed of the track in a race, what would you do? A. B. or C. (look above to see which one is which,) I would still do B. because it is still the right thing to do, even if the person is nasty to you. Would you do B.? and do the right thing, and show you care even if they are nasty to you? This book is not entirely about this it is also about this boy who can get side tracked very easily, was doing soccer but got convinced into racing by his soccer coach, this boy also has a lot of decisions to make along the way. So lets race through the book to find out more! I really liked this book, but it is not my favorite book but it can teach you things if you really think about it, like I went ahead and took one thing out of the book and made it into a review, and if you are reading carefully you can see what the book is getting at. Can you find any other area in this book or in other books that can teach you things? Thank you PJ our way!