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Hear from bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds as he discusses his latest work, Coach, the fifth and last entry in the highly popular Track series.
Following the immersive stories of Ghost, Lu, Patina, and Sunny, it’s finally time for Coach to shine in his own book. Before Coach was the man who gave caring yet firm guidance to the Defenders track team, he was little Otie Brody, obsessed with Mr. 9.99 (a.k.a. Carl Lewis) and Marty McFly from Back to the Future. Like Mr. 9.99—and his own dad—Otie is a sprinter. Otie’s dad, who is always away on business trips, comes home with a pair of Jordans. They seem magical. But one morning, he wakes up to find his brand-new secret weapon kicks missing—right off his feet! And he has a fuzzy memory of his dad easing them off as he was sleeping. Not only are the Jordans missing, but so is his father.
About the Authors: Jason Reynolds is an award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author. His books include Miles Morales: Spider Man, the Track series (Ghost, Patina, Sunny, and Lu), Long Way Down, which received a Newbery Honor, a Printz Honor, and a Correta Scott King Honor, and Look Both Ways, which was a National Book Award Finalist. Recently named the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jason has appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and CBS This Morning. He is on faculty at Lesley University, for the Writing for Young People MFA Program and lives in Washington, DC.
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