Patina

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Summary

"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--

Published Reviews

Booklist Review: "*Starred Review* When Patina Patty Jones, the fastest girl on the Defenders track team, comes in second place in a race a fact she finds unacceptable her rage is so intense that she mentally checks out. In an effort to make her into a team player, Coach assigns her to the 4x800 relay race and makes the relay team do hokey things like waltz in practice to learn each others' rhythms. Pfft. Meanwhile, Patty feels completely out of place at her rich-girl academy. And then there's the really hard stuff. Like how her father died, how her mother got the sugar (diabetes) and it took her legs, and now Patty and her little sister live with their aunt Emily and uncle Tony. Reynolds' again displays his knack for capturing authentic voice in both Patty's inner monologues and the spoken dialogue. The plot races as fast as the track runners in it, and without ever feeling like a book about issues it deftly tackles topics like isolation, diverse family makeup, living with illness, losing a parent, transcending socioeconomic and racial barriers, and perhaps best of all what it's like for a tween to love their little sister more than all the cupcakes in the world. The second entry in the four-book Track series, this serves as a complete, complex, and sparkling stand-alone novel. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Ghost (2016), the semiprequel, was a National Book Award finalist, and this ought to perpetuate Reynolds' hot streak.--Worthington, Becca Copyright 2017 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

Additional Information

Series	Track ; 2.
Subjects	Running Fiction Track and field Fiction Stress (Physiology) Fiction Family psychotherapy Fiction Diabetes Fiction African Americans Fiction Running Juvenile fiction Track and field Juvenile fiction Stress (Physiology) Juvenile fiction Family psychotherapy Juvenile fiction Diabetes Juvenile fiction African Americans Juvenile fiction Family problems Fiction Juvenile Literature Juvenile Fiction Electronic books. Young adult fiction.
Publisher	[Place of publication not identified] :Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books,2017 Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books2017
Edition	First edition.
Contributors	OverDrive, Inc.
Audience	5-up. 710L
Language	English
System Details	Mode of access: World Wide Web. Format: Adobe EPUB eBook Format: Kindle Book Format: OverDrive Read Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle
Description	1 online resource.
ISBN	9781481450201 9781481450201
Other	Classic View