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1) Patina
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Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
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English
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"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--
Patina, "Patty" Jones is the fastest girl on the Defenders track team. A newbie to the track team, Patty must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her problems. She runs to show the kids that taunt her at her fancy new school that she's going to be someone some day. She runs for...
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Eleven-year-old Miranium's summer is going down hill fast: her best friend, Thomas, has moved away, her know-it-all nemesis, Tamika, has moved too near for comfort, her parents are stressed since her father has lost his job, she has just blown up the microwave with an ill advised experiment (destroying her own cellphone in the process), and worst of all her beloved cat, Sir Fig Newton, has developed diabetes; there is no money for his medical care,...
11) Backcountry
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English
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"Emily has always excelled at sports, and her athletic abilities have given her confidence on and off the courts. So when she starts to drag during her middle-school volleyball season, she assumes it must be the flu. But after a particularly intense game, she finds herself riding in the back of an ambulance, a paramedic telling her that her life will never be the same. Adjusting to life with type 1 diabetes isn't easy. Emily is desperate to prove...
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Dyamonde Daniel books volume 4
Language
English
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Despite what Dyamonde and Free say, Damaria worries that she is getting fat, until a classmate's problem with diabetes causes her to change her thoughts about body image.
13) Alex's challenge
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Series
Camp confidential volume 4
Language
English
Description
During the last weeks of summer camp, eleven-year-old Alex Kim has trouble hiding a secret from the other girls in bunk 3C while also trying to meet the high standards she sets for herself in sports, relationships, and other activities.
14) Patina
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
Language
Español
Description
Fantasma. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Cuatro j̤venes de familias completamente diferentes, con personalidades que se vuelven explosivas al chocar. Pero son tambǐn cuatro j̤venes de secundaria que fueron escogidos para un equipo de ̌lite de atletismo... un equipo que los podr̕a ayudar a clasificarse para las Olimpiadas Juveniles. Todos tienen mucho que perder, pero tambǐn tienen mucho que demostrar, no solo a sus compąeros sino a s̕ mismos. Patina --o...
20) Interference
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Series
Sports stories volume 68
Language
English
Description
Josh has finally made it to an elite hockey team but no one knows that he has Type 1 diabetes, and it's getting more serious by the day.