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Keeping Pace illustrated by Nancy Carpenter It appears that something hasLaurie Morrisons Keeping Pace is a poignant middle grade novel about friends turned rivals training for a half marathonand rethinking what it means to win and what they mean to each other. Grace has been working for years to beat her former friend Jonah Perkinss GPA so she can be named top scholar of the eighth grade. But when Jonah beats her for the title, it feels like none of Graces academic accomplishments have really mattered. They werent enough