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Chapters 1-2

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Reynolds, Jason. Patina. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2017. Hardcover.

• In Chapter 1, Patina Jones has a to-do list that says, “Everything (including forgetting about the race and braiding my sister’s hair)" (1).

• She comments on the fact that the term “false start” in track is misleading - either you start a race or you do not.

• It would be better to say that you had a wrong start, meaning that you started at the wrong time.

• She tells how her friends Lu and Ghost were at the starting line for a race, and Ghost took off before the signal to start.

• He ran the entire 100 meters not realizing that everyone was telling him to turn around.

• Coach spoke to him, and he went back to the starting line.

• When he began again, he ran...

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