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| Original Title: | Sunny |
| ISBN: | 1481450212 (ISBN13: 9781481450218) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Track #3 |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2018) |
Jason Reynolds
Hardcover | Pages: 159 pages Rating: 4.1 | 4694 Users | 910 Reviews
Explanation To Books Sunny (Track #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.Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. 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. They all have a lot of lose, but they all have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. Sunny is the main character in this novel, the third of four books in Jason Reynold’s electrifying middle grade series.
Sunny is just that—sunny. Always ready with a goofy smile and something nice to say, Sunny is the chillest dude on the Defenders team. But Sunny’s life hasn’t always been sun beamy-bright. You see, Sunny is a murderer. Or at least he thinks of himself that way. His mother died giving birth to him, and based on how Sunny’s dad treats him—ignoring him, making Sunny call him Darryl, never “Dad”—it’s no wonder Sunny thinks he’s to blame. It seems the only thing Sunny can do right in his dad’s eyes is win first place ribbons running the mile, just like his mom did. But Sunny doesn’t like running, never has. So he stops. Right in the middle of a race.
With his relationship with his dad now worse than ever, the last thing Sunny wants to do is leave the other newbies—his only friends—behind. But you can’t be on a track team and not run. So Coach asks Sunny what he wants to do. Sunny’s answer? Dance. Yes, dance. But you also can’t be on a track team and dance. Then, in a stroke of genius only Jason Reynolds can conceive, Sunny discovers a track event that encompasses the hard hits of hip-hop, the precision of ballet, and the showmanship of dance as a whole: the discus throw. As Sunny practices the discus, learning when to let go at just the right time, he’ll let go of everything that’s been eating him up inside, perhaps just in time.
List Of Books Sunny (Track #3)
| Title | : | Sunny (Track #3) |
| Author | : | Jason Reynolds |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 159 pages |
| Published | : | April 10th 2018 by Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Middle Grade. Sports. Realistic Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction |
Rating Of Books Sunny (Track #3)
Ratings: 4.1 From 4694 Users | 910 ReviewsWrite Up Of Books Sunny (Track #3)
Very weak effort. Disliked the format of "Dear Diary" and Sunny's voice, which sounded fake/contrived. The book jumped all over the place, and because Sunny was homeschooled, there was little else to do but agonize over Sunny's problems at home. The only highlight was Sunny finally doing something just for herself. This series has really gone downhill.I don't think Jason Reynolds can write a bad book.
I loved this book so, so much.
I listened to the audio book narrated by Guy Lockard*This book was FANTASTIC. It is the 3rd book in the Track series and it follows 12-year-old Sunny Lancaster, the #1 middle distance runner of the Defenders. Sunny does one thing on the team, he runs and he wins, he runs and he wins, he runs and he wins, he runs and he wins. But Sunny doesnt particularly like running, instead, he wants to do something different. I will admit that I have read the other two books in this series and have really
This author has such a gift for creating characters with unique voices. He doesn't write stereotypes, he writes people. I don't generally read middle grade books, but I think this author is special. I wish that he had been around when I was a kid. The narrator of the audio book was also special. He got the beats and the rhythms of the language just right.
This series is just killing it. I love what a weirdo Sunny is, and I love the progress he makes in this book. There was also a really special little interview at the end of the audiobook with the author and the reader who are friends. The reader (Guy Lockard) also read the audiobook for Ghost (which got an American Library Association honor) about how important it was to Reynolds to have the dialect right, and how Lockard was the only one he trusted to do it. They also talked about how important
I don't think Jason Reynolds can write a bad book.
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