9/25/2023 0 Comments Sunny book jason reynolds![]() ![]() In fact, most everything Sunny does with his father is done in silence. So much so, that he has puzzles made from photographs he took of her, which he and Sunny silently work on together in the evening - their bonding time, as Sunny calls it. His feelings seem to have shut down the moment his wife passed away, yet he is still clinging to her. Lancaster, and to visit with his cancer patients, whom they entertain with music and dancing.Īurelia is the exact opposite of Sunny's dad, who is a cold, distant, regimented man. ![]() Homeschooling isn't all academics with Aurelia - there are also movies (she turns Sunny on to West Side Story) and trips to the hospital to see Sunny's grandfather, Dr. And Aurelia's weirdness totally compliments and encourages Sunny weirdness. Luckily, Aurelia is a pretty casual, relaxed, blue-haired person, and she definitely has Sunny's best interests at heart. Wealthier than the others, he lives in a large, essentially empty house, has been home-schooled his whole life by his mother's friend Aurelia, a teacher/dance instructor. Unlike his fellow teammates, Sunny has lead a life of privilege. ![]() That guilt trip his father's lays on him together with his father's high expectations have always worked in the past, not any more. Sunny's mother died immediately after giving birth to him, and he has never had the time to come to terms with his feelings about it, and carries a huge amount of guilt on his shoulders. After all, running and winning is just what Sunny's mother would have wanted for him, with the goal that he will run and win a marathon, living out his mother's dream for herself. But Coach also sees potential in his dance moves, and convinces Sunny to stay on the team as a discus thrower.īut, it is his father Darryl who really is stunned. Coach is certainly stunned when Sunny announces he wants to quit the team in order to dance to the sounds and rhythms he hears in his head. So when Sunny stops running just as he reaches the last lap and lets someone else win the mile, everyone is baffled. He knows that no one much cares about the 1600 meter race until right before runners reach the finish line. Sunny Lancaster, 12 going on 13, may be the fastest runner on the Defenders track team, the "master of the mile," but he isn't very happy at the moment. ![]()
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