Sunny tries to shine as a member of an elite middle-school track team despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Reynolds.
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..
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.
But you also can\'t be on a track team and dance .
Yes, dance.
Sunny\'s answer? Dance.
So Coach asks Sunny what he wants to do.
But you can\'t be on a track team and not run .
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.
Right in the middle of a race.
So he stops.
But Sunny doesn\'t like running, never has.
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.
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.
Or at least he thinks of himself that way.
You see, Sunny is a murderer.
But Sunny\'s life hasn\'t always been sun beamy-bright.
Always ready with a goofy smile and something nice to say, Sunny is the chillest dude on the Defenders team.
Sunny is just that--sunny.
Sunny is the main character in this novel, the third of four books in Jason Reynold\'s electrifying middle grade series.
They all have a lot of lose, but they all have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves.
But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team--a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics.
Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash.
Lu.
Sunny.
Patina.
Ghost.
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.
Sunny tries to shine as a member of an elite middle-school track team despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Reynolds
