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. Jason Reynoldss Track Series Paperback Collection (Boxed Set)-Ghost Patina Sunny Lu Race through Jason Reynoldss New York Times bestselling Track. And so Patty’s also running for her mom, who can’t. A very nice signed copy of this second book in the Track series by New York Times best-selling, Kirkus Prize, NAACP Image Award, Schneider Family Book Award. 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. Family, blood-related or otherwise, remains a key component of the Defenders Track Team series, and particularly in Patina’s life. In the first, Patty misjudges her competitors in an 800-meter race she's certain she should have won. She and her younger sister, Maddy, have recently been taken in by her uncle and aunt because her mother’s diabetes has worsened to the point that her mother has lost both her legs and cannot care for her. What makes Patina strong is that she’s able to keep running, and she runs for her mom, her sister, her adoptive family, and her teammates. African-American track phenom Patina Jones takes the baton from Ghost (2016) in the second volume of Reynolds' Track series for middle graders.Reynolds tells readers almost all they need to know about Patty in two opening, contrasting scenes. 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. Patina (Book 2) Patina Patty Jones runs like the wind on the track but it is the issues off the track that are weighing her down.

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 Award finalist Ghost by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds.

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