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1) Patina
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
Language
English
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"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"--
Patina, "Patty" Jones is the fastest girl on the Defenders track team. A newbie to the track team, Patty must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her problems. She runs to show the kids that taunt her at her fancy new school that she's going to be someone some day. She runs for...
2) Lu
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 4
Language
English
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"Lu knows he can lead Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and the team to victory at the championships, but it might not be as easy as it seems. Suddenly, there are hurdles in Lu's way--literally and not-so-literally--and Lu needs to figure out, fast, what winning the gold really means"--
3) Sunny
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 3
Language
English
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Sunny, the Defenders' best runner, only runs for his father, who blames Sunny for his mother's death, but with his coach's help Sunny finds a way to combine track and field with his true passion, dancing.
4) Ghost
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 1
Language
English
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6th Grade Booklist
Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
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Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month - Youth
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"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--
8) Keeping pace
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English
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Determined to regain her sense of accomplishment after losing her top-class ranking to Jonah, Grace decides to compete against him in a Labor Day half-marathon, but as they train together, she learns valuable lessons about what truly matters.
9) Track attack
Author
Series
Gym shorts volume 5
Language
English
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Jazz is a born runner who loves being on the school's track team. Her biggest fan is her dad--and that is a problem. He gets over-involved in her training, talks too much to the coach, yells at the track ref, and cheers way too loudly during the meets. How can Jazz tell him to stay away from the track without hurting his feelings?
11) Back on track
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English
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Twelve-year-old Addison Jones would love to try out for the track team, and she knows that she is faster than the other girls, but her single mom is working two jobs and every day after school Addison has to take care of her little brother--without telling her mom Addison and her best friend, Sofia, work out a plan that will allow her to run, but soon the strain and guilt of lying to her mother begins to take its toll.
12) Record run
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English
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"After getting soaked by Harry's water balloon, Paul chases Harry down. He didn't expect Harry to be so fast. He gives Harry a choice: join the track team or else. Harry doesn't think it's fun to run if he's not being chased. With Paul's help, can Harry find a good reason to run?"--Unedited summary from book.
14) Taking the lead
Author
Series
Alec London volume 5
Language
English
Description
Alec is excited about being elected fifth grade class president and joining the track team, but when his grandmother's cancer gets worse, everything falls apart until he volunteers with a Special Olympics team and realizes that if disabled children can cope, so can he.
16) Patina
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
Language
Español
Description
Fantasma. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Cuatro j̤venes de familias completamente diferentes, con personalidades que se vuelven explosivas al chocar. Pero son tambǐn cuatro j̤venes de secundaria que fueron escogidos para un equipo de ̌lite de atletismo... un equipo que los podr̕a ayudar a clasificarse para las Olimpiadas Juveniles. Todos tienen mucho que perder, pero tambǐn tienen mucho que demostrar, no solo a sus compąeros sino a s̕ mismos. Patina --o...
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Series
Cheesie Mack volume 3
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Ronald "Cheesie" Mack, finds the best way to earn points against his older sister is to become popular, and decides to join the cross-country team, help his best friend run for class president, and ignore her attempts to embarrass him.
18) Eric won't do it
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Language
English
Description
Eric sits and watches as others participate in track and field day activities at camp.
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