Lu

Track, Book 4

De: Jason Reynolds

Narrado por: Guy Lockard

Selected as one of the Young Adult Library Services Association's 2019 Top 10 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults!

Lu must learn to leave his ego on the sidelines if he wants to finally connect with others in the climax to the New York Times best-selling and award-winning Track series from Jason Reynolds.

Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle-school track team - a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove, not only to each other but to themselves.

Lu is your quintessential pretty boy athlete, complete with fancy cleats, sunglasses, and a lot of attitude. The kind of guy you either hero-worship or want to punch. He runs the most loved race - the 400 meter dash - and is crazy talented. He should be - he’s been running track since he was small; because he’s albino his parents got him involved in sports to help with his confidence. But it sort of backfired - now Lu has confidence to spare, and the swagger hasn’t earned him any friends. As in none. Plus, his dad, who also shares his son’s penchant for being flashy, has gotten caught up in some type of illegal activity.

The Newbies on the team (Ghost, Patina, and Sunny) don’t put up with Lu’s shining around, but they also don’t avoid him like everyone else does. They call him out on his BS but include him in the horseplay. Will they be the first kids to crack through his armor and see more to him than the cloak of peacock that hides his lack of color?

©2018 Jason Reynolds (P)2018 Simon & Schuster

Amazing!

This was an amazing book but I would say I, personally liked the first books in this series, (it’s still amazing)🤩

Love this series

We love the whole track series! Thank you Jason Reynolds and Guy Lockard for bringing it to life on audio.

Awesome!

This is maybe my favorite of the series! Reynolds and Lockhart stuck the landing with the last book!

Dear Jason Reynolds

One of the best books I’ve ever read
Dear Jason,
I’m a big fan of your series Track.
I love the humor, the honesty, the love, and most of all the running.
I love it because I’m a runner to! But I run cross country.
Thanks! Love, Your fan!

The best book

This is one of the best book I have read in a long time thank you Jason Reynolds

Read all 4 books!

I really enjoyed all 4 books in this series!!!!! I saw Jason Reynolds in an interview and was intrigued about his work. I had know idea which book to read first but saw the title Ghost and began listening. I was hooked from the first sentence and continued listening to all the books until completed 2 days later. The actor, Guy Lockard also gets applauded. He became each character! He made me feel as if this was a stage/movie production. I was able to feel sense see all what the characters was going through. Well worth the time to listen. I bought the whole series to have in my collection.

Inspired

Hope the people who read this book, parents and children will be inspired to do the right thing. I like the lessons to be learned in Lu. Parents don't have a manual for raising children. Books like this one are the guides we need as parents. Bravo!

“Lightening Lu”

Lu was the icing on the cake. Although I thoroughly enjoyed them all, Ghost, Patina, Sunny, Lu’s story was just outstanding. Jason Reynolds really kicked literary butt with this series. I’ve been passing the books out left and right to my students.

Kids loved it as much as we did

This was a real joy to listen to. We listened to all four in the series and couldn’t wait to go for another family drive just to keep up with everyone.
This is coming from two track heads!!!

Reynolds is 4 for 4 in this Series.

Another wonderful story that will help kids (both boys and girls, because J.R.'s boys have feelings which are very relevant to girls---its not just about being tough) understand the pain of bullying; the difficulty in parenting; the fortune that befalls a community when there are good sports coaches. I notice on his list that he has some adult books too. I'm going to try those, since the Middle School books can't be written as fast as they can be enjoyed. Thank you J.R. You are terrific. And your readers/actors are mighty fine too.