Patina
Track: Book #2
- By: Jason Reynolds
- Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms
- Length: 5 hours 46 minutes
Description
2018 Audie Award Finalist for Middle Grade
A YALSA 2018 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection
ALSC 2018 Notable Children’s Recordings List
A New York Times Notable Children’s Book
A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Ghost by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds.
Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. 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 if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves.
Patina, or Patty, runs like a flash. She runs for many reasons—to escape the taunts from the kids at the fancy-schmancy new school she’s been sent to since she and her little sister had to stop living with their mom. She runs from the reason WHY she’s not able to live with her “real” mom any more: her mom has The Sugar, and Patty is terrified that the disease that took her mom’s legs will one day take her away forever. So Patty’s also running forher mom, who can’t. But can you ever really run away from any of this? As the stress builds up, it’s building up a pretty bad attitude as well. Coach won’t tolerate bad attitude. No day, no way. And now he wants Patty to run relay…where you have to depend on other people? How’s she going to do THAT?
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Track Series
Ghost
By: Jason Reynolds
Narrated by: Guy Lockard
Length: 3 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature.
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of the acclaimed Track series from Coretta Scott King/John... Read more »
Flat-Out Sexy
By: Erin McCarthy
Narrated by: Emily Durante
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
The last place widowed single mother Tamara Briggs wanted to find a man was at the racetrack. Been there, done that. But rookie driver Elec Monroe sure does get her heart racing. Read more »
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Patina
By: Jason Reynolds
Narrated by: Heather Alicia Simms
Length: 5 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
2018 Audie Award Finalist for Middle Grade
A YALSA 2018 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Selection
ALSC 2018 Notable Children’s Recordings List
A New York Times Notable Children’s Book
A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this follow-up to the National Book Award... Read more »
Hard and Fast
By: Erin McCarthy
Narrated by: Emily Durante
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Grad student Imogen Wilson realizes she's hit on the perfect thesis for her sociology degree. If she follows the so-called "rules" on how to get a man, can she steer her way into the world and hearts of stock race car drivers, and establish their dating—and mating—patterns?
Although sexy and reckless racer Ty McCordle is the ideal test subject,... Read more »
Hot Finish
By: Erin McCarthy
Narrated by: Emily Durante
Length: 7 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Suzanne Jefferson is broke, which is why she's given up charity work for wedding planning. Fortunately, she has a high-profile client—and best of all, he's paid in advance. There are just two teensy problems: the bride is a bona fide bridezilla, and Suzanne's stock racer ex-husband is the best man. At least she thought he was her ex-husband . . . Read more »
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Sunny
By: Jason Reynolds
Length: 3 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
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... Read more »
The Chase
By: Erin McCarthy
Narrated by: Emily Durante
Length: 7 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Kendall Holbrook is determined to make it to the top, even with the challenge of being a woman on the male-dominated racing circuit. She doesn't have time for romance—especially not with racing rival Evan Monroe, the man who nearly crushed her dream years ago. Tricked into meeting him, Kendall is experiencing all those old feelings again—and she... Read more »
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Lu
By: Jason Reynolds
Length: 4 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
“Pure gold.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
“The perfect anchor leg for a well-run literary relay.” —Kirkus Reviews
SELECTED AS ONE OF THE YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION’S 2019 TOP TEN AMAZING AUDIOBOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS!
Lu must learn to leave his ego on the sidelines if he wants to finally connect with others in the climax... Read more »
Slow Ride
By: Erin McCarthy
Narrated by: Emily Durante
Length: 7 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
As a tribute to her late journalist father, Tuesday Jones is planning a career benefit, auctioning off racing memorabilia and meet-and-greets with drivers. Ex-racing star Diesel Lange has had his own brush with death, and is determined not to waste another minute of his life—especially when he meets Tuesday. He wants nothing more than to... Read more »
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Jacked Up
By: Erin McCarthy
Narrated by: Emily Durante
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Eve Monroe is a stock-car PR pro who puts her career first—until an on-track wardrobe malfunction reveals more than the sexy smile of jackman Nolan Ford. The video's become an internet sensation, and it's Eve's job to calm the sponsors and put a spin on the unexpected exposure.
It may be a public relations job, but now that Eve's seen what's... Read more »
Full Throttle
By: Erin McCarthy
Narrated by: Emily Durante
Length: 8 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
As one of only two girls on the tween racing circuit, Shawn Hamby has always run with a fast crowd. But now at thirty-two, she doesn't need to prove anything to anyone. And she definitely doesn't need a man bossing her around off of the track . . . But after a silly girls' night at a fetish club, Shawn can't get Rhett Ford out of her mind. He's... Read more »
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Replay
By: Kacey Shea
Narrated by: Jason Clarke & Morae Brehon
Length: 11 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Cocky and self-assured, I’m confident when it comes to my skills both on stage and in the bedroom. Everything in my life is perfect, even if I am the last single man standing in our famed rock band.
But it wasn’t always this way.
Jayla knew me before I hit it big. Back when I was a skinny teen, chasing dreams without a penny to my name. Now... Read more »
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Hinder
By: Kacey Shea
Narrated by: Jason Clarke & Savannah Peachwood
Length: 10 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
She's innocent, inexperienced, virginal, and completely out of place. Now it's my personal mission to change all of that.
Sure, I'm also on this tour to play drums. A bit of blackmail got me the gig and out from under my parents' control. All I've ever wanted to is to live the rock star life, so I'm willing to do whatever it takes. Doesn't matter... Read more »
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Derail
By: Kacey Shea
Narrated by: Jason Clarke & Emma Wilder
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Don't fall in love with your bandmate's girl.
It's an unspoken rule, and one I'm determined to follow. I've always been the guy to take the high road, to be the voice of reason, but when it comes to Jess, I'm tired of fighting this overwhelming attraction.
The more time we spend together, the more compelled I am to show her she's worthy of love... Read more »
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