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3) Patina
Author
Series
Track volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
"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 her fellow newbie teammates to make them proud. She runs to show her little sister Maddy how to be strong and brave. And she runs for her mother,...
4) Sunny
Author
Series
Track volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
159 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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 to lose, but they...
5) Lu
Author
Series
Track volume 4
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
218 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"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" --
Author
Publisher
National Center for Youth Issues
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Emma's sister, Bella, is the star runner on the high school track team. Her super athletic mom has been running for years. And her dad trains for marathons. Running is just what Emma's family does. When Emma finds out she made the school running club, she's excited...and nervous. Right away, though, it becomes evident that Emma isn't the fastest one in her family. Or the most coordinated. Emma thinks quitting is her only option...until her teacher...
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico, an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
530L
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It is track season and seventh-grader Marcus is struggling at the 400 meter distance and upset that his best friend Torry jokes about his slow times--so he is determined to build up enough strength to earn a place on the 4x400 meter relay at the upcoming track and field meet" --
9) Keeping pace
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Grace has been working for years to beat her former friend Jonah Perkins's GPA so she can be named top scholar of the eighth grade. But when Jonah beats her for the title, it feels like none of Grace's academic accomplishments have really mattered. They weren't enough to win or to impress her dad. And then the wide, empty summer looms. With nothing planned and no more goals or checklists, she doesn't know what she's supposed to be working toward....
10) Back on track
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
89 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Katie Kazoo switcheroo volume 13
Pub. Date
2004
Lexile measure
510L
Physical Desc
77 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When fourth-grade Katie turns into her unfair track coach, she gives all the members of the team a chance to compete, including the slowest runner in her class.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
GN 540L
Physical Desc
49 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Track season is about to begin, and Sully is ready and raring to run. But on the first day of tryouts, no other students show up! If the Titans don't get more members, there won't be a track team. So Sully pays a visit to the other sports teams, hoping their star athletes will join. None of the other athletes think much of track and field. Sully will have to beat them at their own sports to change their minds" --
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2012]
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
49 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Since Danny has super speed, he is overconfident in his running ability--will he learn in time that relay racing is about teamwork as well as speed?" --
14) Grit and gold
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Rachel Young is fast on the track but fitting in at her new school is a slow process. She's so desperate to make friends with her track teammates, that she's willing to turn her back on her cousin, Nate. Despite being at odds, the two cousins are magically transported to the 1988 Seoul Olympics by an old Sports Illustrated magazine. There, they cheer on the stylish speedster Florence Griffith-Joyner in her race for the gold. Will Flo-Jo's inspiring...
15) Fantasma
Author
Series
Track volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Correr. Eso es lo único que Fantasma --cuyo nombre real es Castle Cranshaw-- ha conocido toda su vida. Pero nunca para un equipo de atletismo. Nones, lo suyo siempre ha sido el básquet. Pero cuando Fantasma, en una fanfarronada, reta a un velocista de élite a una competencia --y la gana--, el medallista olíimpico que es entrenador del equipo ve que él tiene algo: un talento natural que es una lacura."--
"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and...
16) Patina
Author
Series
Track volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
Primera edición en español de Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Fantasma. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Cuatro jóvenes de familias completamente diferentes, con personalidades que se vuelven explosivas al chocar. Pero son también cuatro jóvenes de secundaria que fueron escogidos para un equipo de élite de atletismo... un equipo que los podría ayudar a clasificarse para las Olimpiadas Juveniles. Todos tienen mucho que perder, pero también tienen mucho que demostrar, no solo a sus compañeros sino a sí mismos. Patina...
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