Patina
by Jason Reynolds • Book 2 of the Track Series
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2017
Word Count 48,957
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 710L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 191429, 7.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship
- African American teenagers
- Family problems--Fiction
- Dysfunctional families
- Diabetes
- Track and field--Fiction
- Running--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Running
- Stress (Physiology)--Fiction
- Track and field
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Track & Field
- Stress (Physiology)
- Diabetes--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Adoption
- African Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- Family problems
- African Americans
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Gene
- JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation / General
- Diabetes in adolescence
- Lists With This Book
- Sample: EL Education, Grades K-8
- Sample: EL Education
- Preventing Bias-Based Bullying Secondary
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jason Reynolds about Patina
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jason Reynolds
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Jason Reynolds “All Voices Matter”
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Reading Group Guide from Simon & Schuster
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Heather Alicia Simms
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Book Trailers 1

Series Video Book Trailer from Simon Kids
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 6

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2018

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

ILA Teachers' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Sports Selection, 2017

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2017

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2017
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