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SUMMARY:Writing Beloved Characters & Powerful Resilience
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DESCRIPTION:Join us in conversation with bestselling author Jason Reynolds
  as we discuss his latest work\, Coach\, the fifth–and last–
 entry in the highly popular Track series..\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Following the immersive stories of Ghost\,
  Lu\, Patina\, and Sunny\, it&rsquo\;s finally time for Coach to shine in 
 his own book as we discover: Who was Coach before he became an inspiring l
 eader?</p>\n<p>Before Coach was the man who gave caring yet firm-handed gu
 idance to Ghost\, Lu\, Patina\, and Sunny on the Defenders track team\, he
  was little Otie Brody\, who was obsessed with Mr. 9.99 (a.k.a. Carl Lewis
 ) and Marty McFly from Back to the Future. Like Mr. 9.99&mdash\;and his ow
 n dad&mdash\;Otie is a sprinter. Sprint free or die is practically his mot
 to.</p>\n<p>Then his dad\, who is always away on business trips\, comes ho
 me with a pair of Jordans. JORDANS. Fine as fine can be. Otie puts them on
  and feels like he can leap to the moon&hellip\;maybe even leap like Mr. 9
 .99 when he won the Olympic gold medal in the long jump. But one morning h
 e wakes up to find his brand-new secret weapon kicks are missing&mdash\;ri
 ght off his feet! And Otie just might have a fuzzy memory of his dad easin
 g them off as Otie was sleeping\, but that can&rsquo\;t be right\, can it?
 </p>\n<p>Unless all the reasons for his dad&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;gone&rsquo\;s
 &rdquo\; are very different from what he&rsquo\;s been told&hellip\; Becau
 se now\, not only are the Jordans missing\, but so is his father.</p>\n<p>
 Register now to join in on the conversation about the final installment to
  Jason Reynold&rsquo\;s Track series!&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>About the Aut
 hor</strong>: Jason Reynolds is an award-winning and #1 New York Times bes
 tselling author. Jason&rsquo\;s many books include <em>Miles Morales: Spid
 er Man</em>\, the <em>Track</em> series (<em>Ghost\, Patina\, Sunny\, </em
 >and <em>Lu</em>)\, <em>Long Way Down</em>\, which received a Newbery Hono
 r\, a Printz Honor\, and a Correta Scott King Honor\, and <em>Look Both Wa
 ys</em>\, which was a National Book Award Finalist. Recently named the Nat
 ional Ambassador for Young People&rsquo\;s Literature\, Jason has appeared
  on <em>The Daily Show with Trevor Noah</em>\, <em>Late Night with Seth Me
 yers</em>\, and <em>CBS This Morning</em>. He is on faculty at Lesley Univ
 ersity\, for the Writing for Young People MFA Program and lives in Washing
 ton\, DC. You can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.</p>\n<p><em>
 This program is sponsored by the <a href="https://www.alexandrialibraryfou
 ndation.org/">Alexandria Library Foundation</a>.</em></p>\n<p>Register for
  upcoming book talks and stream previously broadcast book talks <a href="h
 ttps://libraryc.org/alexlibraryva">here</a>.</p>\nhttps://alexandria.libne
 t.info/event/15792604
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