Patina is a solid follow-up to Ghost, and readers will still have plenty to chew on thematically. Ghost was more gripping readers watched him mature and grow tremendously in the novel. More significantly for Patty, trusting in your teammates and family members to pull their own weight is also important. Patty is an endearing character–and an enduring one, but she is more survivor than actor. Communication, personal responsibility, and plain ol’ teamwork are just as essential for a family as they are for a track team. A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. A fast but fiery group of kids from wildly different backgrounds, chosen to compete on an elite track team. 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. The motif of passing the baton is an apt one Patty has to work through interpersonal issues with her relay team just as she is trying to find her place in her own family. Series list: Track (4 Books) by Jason Reynolds. Race through Jason Reynolds’s New York Times bestselling Track series, now in a complete boxed set. 0 Comments And so Patty’s also running for her mom, who can’t. The novel would be stronger if these issues were limited–not because children aren’t simultaneously juggling these in our world today, but because a middle grades novel can’t do justice to all of them at the same time. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities. Patina is no exception: diabetes, death of a parent, racism, growing up too soon, bullying and peer pressure at school amidst regular church attendance and a living aunt and uncle shepherding her along. Sunny Apr-2018 Book - 3 Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds. Reynolds has a penchant for tackling gritty, realistic situations in his popular fiction, but he also features strong father (and mother) figures and treats church/religion with respect. Like too many young women these days, she’s been “passed the baton too early.” And she’s learning how to receive a literal baton in track practice, too, as part of a new relay team that must work together.Ī companion novel to Ghost, Patina is a very different book. At home, Patty feels the burden of caring for her sister, keeping up with her schoolwork, and trying her hardest not to be a burden. A member of the same elite track team as Ghost, Patty runs her heart out at track practice, one of the few places she can shine on her own. “Patty ain’t no junk.” Her momma might be disabled due to diabetes, her daddy might be dead, she might be living with her aunt and uncle, and she might be one of two black girls in her all-white prep school…but she ain’t no junk.
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