Patina is a story about a young teenager who is trying to find her way in life and finds a place on the track team. But can you ever really run away from any of this? As the stress builds, it's building up a pretty bad attitude as well. Richie’s Picks: THE BOY IN THE BLACK SUIT by Jason Reynolds, Atheneum, January 2015, 272p., ISBN: 978-1-4424-5950-2 I don’t need no money, fortune, or fame I’ve got all the riches baby one man can claim Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, My Girl (1964) We started up the block, our cement world of trash cans blown into the. Teach Patina by Jason Reynolds is an inspiring book about personal empowerment, poverty, family, and loss. And so Patty's also running for her mom, who can't. She runs from the reason WHY she's not able to live with her "real" mom any more: her mom has The Sugar, and Patty is terrified that the disease that took her mom's legs will one day take her away forever. She runs for many reasons-to escape the taunts from the kids at the fancy-schmancy new school she's been sent to ever since she and her little sister had to stop living with their mom. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. So it’s nothing but a shame that it took me so long to get to its follow-up.
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But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team-a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. I had read Ghost, the first entry in the Track series by personal fave Jason Reynolds a couple of years ago, and it more or less blew me away. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this follow-up to the National Book.
The sequel to National Book Award Finalist Ghost and a New York Times bestseller A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Ghost by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds.
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