Sunny

Track, Book 3

De: Jason Reynolds

Narrado por: Guy Lockard

Winner of the 2019 Audio Award for Best Middle Grade Audiobook!

Selected as one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's 2019 Top 10 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults!

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 Reynolds' 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 sunbeamy-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.

©2018 Jason Reynolds (P)2018 Simon & Schuster

An sbsolutely beautiful story about family. Family that we are born into and family that is created by the support systems around us. A Must READ for adolescent .

Another blue ribbon

Just do yourself a favor and listen to the whole series. Make sure to catch the interviews by the author and narrator at the end. I can’t say enough good things about this series. I plan to use the books with my students next year.

amazing!

Lockard's narrating was incredible. Really brought us in to make us feel like the characters were people we really knew!

Sunny review

It was good I loved the way the author made this series from different characters perspectives.

Reynolds and Lockard, a dynamic duo!

Guy Lockard is an amazing narrator, and really brought characters to life. Jason Reynolds, amazing!

Track Series

My favorite of the series. I totally relate to Sunny. Guy Lockhart brought the character to life.

I loved it

I read Ghost for Battle of the Books, and I just couldn’t stop! I never thought I would like something with track but this so much more than track stars.

So good!

This is my favorite so far in the track series. The writing style of Jason Reynolds is like a conversation with all the emotions and feels. Sunny is funny and relatable. I can't wait to read this with my students! Also, Guy Lockard is phenomenal!

Love the performance!!

Guy Lockard did a spectacular job at making the written words into beautiful sound to your ears. Not only that the theme and character build up was wonderful too!

Everyone should listen to this story

Phenomenal as always!!!!! We couldn't stop listening 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 2 thumbs up from everyone in family