Patina, Jason Reynolds
Patina, Jason Reynolds
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Patina

Author: Jason Reynolds

Series: Track #2

Narrator: Heather Alicia Simms

Unabridged: 5 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/29/2017


Synopsis

A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this New York Times bestselling 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 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 anymore: 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?

About Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, a 2024 MacArthur Fellow, a Kirkus Award winner, a UK Carnegie Medal winner, a two-time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, an Odyssey Award Winner and two-time honoree, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors, a Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. He was also the 2020–2022 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. His many books include All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely); When I Was the GreatestThe Boy in the Black SuitStampedAs Brave as YouFor Every One; the Track series (Ghost, Patina, SunnyLu, and Coach); Look Both WaysStuntboy, in the MeantimeStuntboy, In-Between TimeMiles Morales SuspendedAin’t Burned All the Bright (recipient of the Caldecott Honor) and My Name Is Jason. Mine Too. (both cowritten with Jason Griffin); Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...; and Long Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. His debut picture book, There Was a Party for Langston, won a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Hannah on October 04, 2017

Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend. Fast-paced, emotionally riveting, and brimming with important messages for young readers. Patina is an outstanding addition to Jason Reynolds' new Track series.......more

Goodreads review by Betsy on August 10, 2017

You cannot be a children’s librarian or an adult children’s book reviewer if you do not constantly remind yourself that you have to read outside your comfort zone on a regular basis. Our current National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature, Gene Luen Yang, put this far more eloquently when he ur......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on April 02, 2019

3.5-4 stars Jason Reynolds is such an amazing writer! I was skeptical about grown man writing from the perspective of a young girl, but he nailed it! Patina was such an incredible character, and one I think so man young girls can relate to. Similar to the first book in this series, the main characte......more

Goodreads review by disco on May 21, 2018

And I turned back toward the track to join my boys. Patty is incredible. She is one of my favorite characters that I have ever gotten to know and it pains me that I will never meet her in real life. The relationship between her and her family, friends, team, and herself are just incredible and foreve......more