Patina
✍ Scribed by Jason Reynolds
- Publisher
- Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books;Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 157 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1481450204
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
A New York Times Notable Children’s Book
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.
Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. 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. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves.
Patina, or Patty, runs like a flash. She runs for many reasons—to escape the taunts from the kids at the fancy-schmancy new school she’s been sent to since she and her little sister had to stop living with their mom. She runs from the reason WHY she’s...
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