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Teach Sunny Jason Reynolds: How to Teach It! Vocabulary This is a story about a young man trying to find his way in what has been a difficult world from the moment he entered it. Sunny’s mom used to run track so Sunny feels obligated to run track also. Sunny’s mom died during childbirth and his dad blames Sunny. Teach Sunny by Jason Reynolds is an inspiring book about personal empowerment, family, and loss. 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.Teach Sunny by Jason Reynolds What it’s about. 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. 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. 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. But Sunny's life hasn't always been sunbeamy-bright. Always ready with a goofy smile and something nice to say, Sunny is the chillest dude on the Defenders team. Sunny is the main character in this novel, the third of four books in Jason Reynolds' 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. 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. Selected as one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's 2019 Top 10 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults!

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

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