Reynolds was named the American Booksellers Association’s 20 spokesperson for Indies First, and served as the national spokesperson for the 2018 celebration of School Library Month in April 2018, sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Jason Reynolds is a New York Times bestselling author, a Newbery Award Honoree, a Printz Award Honoree, National Book Award Honoree, a Kirkus Award winner, a two time Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King honors. However, it can easily be read as a standalone text. This is book number two in the Run series (called Track series in the United States) and loosely a sequel to Jason Reynolds' Ghost. The dialogue is crisp, the characters are believable, and it's a beautiful, flawless reading experience that will hook reluctant readers (especially those into sports). Jason Reynolds's writing doesn’t hit a single bad note here.

When you’ve finished reading the book, you’ll be as proud of Patina as if you knew her.

It is a seriously great moral for all the over-achievers out there. So how to do you cope when your life is at the limits of what you can realistically do?Īt the heart of this novel is the message that you need to let yourself rely on other people and work as a team, whether that's on a running team or in real life, and to be proud of yourself and what you do achieve. Patina takes responsibility for everything and everyone – even her school project with the posh girls at her new mainly white school. After her dad died, her mum developed diabetes so bad that she had to have her legs removed and is so unwell that Patina and her adorable little sister live with her Uncle Tony and his wife Emily, who the girls call Mumly. Elite runner Patina is a girl with a lot on her plate and she takes her responsibilities heartbreakingly seriously.

Patina the book