{"product_id":"patina-9781481450195","title":"Patina","description":"\u003cb\u003eA newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling follow-up to the National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eGhost \u003c\/i\u003eby \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Jason Reynolds.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGhost. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatina, 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 \u003ci\u003efor\u003c\/i\u003e her mom, who can't. But can you ever really run away from any of this? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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 \u003ci\u003edepend \u003c\/i\u003eon other people? How's she going to do THAT?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJason Reynolds is a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, a two-time National Book Award finalist, 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 and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. He was also the 2020-2022 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. His many books include \u003ci\u003eAll American Boys\u003c\/i\u003e (cowritten with Brendan Kiely); \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was the Greatest\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Boy in the Black Suit\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStamped\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAs Brave as You\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFor Every One\u003c\/i\u003e; the Track series (\u003ci\u003eGhost, Patina, Sunny\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLu\u003c\/i\u003e); \u003ci\u003eLook Both Ways\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eStuntboy, in the Meantime\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAin't Burned All the Bright \u003c\/i\u003e(recipient of the Caldecott Honor) and \u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Jason. Mine Too.\u003c\/i\u003e (both cowritten with Jason Griffin); and \u003ci\u003eLong Way Down\u003c\/i\u003e, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Honor. His debut picture book, \u003ci\u003eThere Was a Party for Langston\u003c\/i\u003e, won a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. He lives in Washington, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atheneum Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50582579839250,"sku":"9781481450195","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12371931-e1e4-4d86-974d-5681eaa80d32.jpg?v=1732021782","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/patina-9781481450195","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}