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Patina / by Jason Reynolds.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Reynolds, Jason. Track ; bk. 2.Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Large print editionDescription: 287 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781432865795
  • 143286579X
  • 9781432865801
  • 1432865803
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Awards:
  • A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)
  • School Library Journal's Best Books, 2017
  • Horn Book Fanfare List, 2017
Summary: "Patina, or Patty, runs like a flash and was chosen for the Defenders "Patty" Jones is the fastest girl on the Defenders, an elite middle school track team. She runs for many reasons -- like to escape the taunts from the kids at her new school. 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. And so Patty's also running for her mom. 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. But Coach won't tolerate that; no day, no way. And now he wants Patty to run relay... where you have to depend on other people? How's she going to do THAT?"--Page [4] of cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Reynolds Jason 2 Available 33111009553559
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A New York Times BestsellerGhost. 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 ever since she and her little sister had to stop living with their mom. 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. And so Patty's also running for her mom, who can't. 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. Coach won't tolerate bad attitude. No day, no way. And now he wants Patty to run relay . . . where you have to depend on other people? How's she going to do THAT?Grades 5-7 | Ages 8-10 | Lexile 710L

"Thorndike Press® Large Print Middle Reader."

Originally published in a slightly different form by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2017.

"Patina, or Patty, runs like a flash and was chosen for the Defenders "Patty" Jones is the fastest girl on the Defenders, an elite middle school track team. She runs for many reasons -- like to escape the taunts from the kids at her new school. 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. And so Patty's also running for her mom. 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. But Coach won't tolerate that; no day, no way. And now he wants Patty to run relay... where you have to depend on other people? How's she going to do THAT?"--Page [4] of cover.

710L Lexile.

Ages 10 up.

Accelerated Reader MG 4.7 7.0 191429.

A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)

School Library Journal's Best Books, 2017

Horn Book Fanfare List, 2017

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