Amanda loves to run. When her gym teacher, Ms. Baker, encourages her to join a track team, Amanda is thrilled. No one can run faster than I can, she thinks. But then she meets Todd, a brown-haired boy who is older, taller, and faster than she is. He places first in every race the team runs. Amanda is sad. Why can’t she run as fast as Todd can? “If I were a boy,” she says to herself, “I know I could win.”