Sunabi Pokharel · Aug 5, 2022
The novel begins with Jess, the main protagonist of the novel, living on a farm with his parents and his four sisters. He had been waking up early in the morning practicing running to become the fastest runner in his school. But on the day of the race, a girl named Leslie Burke, wins and becomes the fastest runner of their school. Jess didn’t really like Leslie in the beginning as she had won the race which he wanted to win but gradually his dislike started disappearing because she was a really intelligent and creative person. They both become friends very fast. As both Jess and Leslie were two of the fastest runners of their grade, they used to run together everyday.