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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: On Writing Beloved Characters and Powerful Po
 rtrayals of Resilience with Jason Reynolds
LOCATION:6495 Clarkston Road Clarkston\, MI 48346
DESCRIPTION:<p>Join us in conversation with bestselling author Jason Reyno
 lds as we discuss his latest work\, Coach\, the fifth&ndash\;and last&ndas
 h\;entry in the highly popular Track series. Following the immersive stori
 es 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 a
 n inspiring leader?</p>\n<p>Before Coach was the man who gave caring yet f
 irm-handed guidance to Ghost\, Lu\, Patina\, and Sunny on the Defenders tr
 ack 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&mdas
 h\;and his own dad&mdash\;Otie is a sprinter. Sprint free or die is practi
 cally his motto.</p>\n<p>Then his dad\, who is always away on business tri
 ps\, comes home 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 le
 ap like Mr. 9.99 when he won the Olympic gold medal in the long jump. But 
 one morning he wakes up to find his brand-new secret weapon kicks are miss
 ing&mdash\;right off his feet! And Otie just might have a fuzzy memory of 
 his dad easing them off as Otie was sleeping\, but that can&rsquo\;t be ri
 ght\, 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&h
 ellip\; Because now\, not only are the Jordans missing\, but so is his fat
 her.</p>\n<p>Register now to join in on the conversation about the final i
 nstallment to Jason Reynold&rsquo\;s Track series!&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>About th
 e Author: Jason Reynolds is an award-winning and #1 New York Times bestsel
 ling author. Jason&rsquo\;s many books include Miles Morales: Spider Man\,
  the Track series (Ghost\, Patina\, Sunny\, and Lu)\, Long Way Down\, whic
 h received a Newbery Honor\, a Printz Honor\, and a Correta Scott King Hon
 or\, and Look Both Ways\, which was a National Book Award Finalist. Recent
 ly named the National Ambassador for Young People&rsquo\;s Literature\, Ja
 son 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\, fo
 r the Writing for Young People MFA Program and lives in Washington\, DC. Y
 ou can find his ramblings at JasonWritesBooks.com.</p>
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