[.ca] Skateboard Renegade (ISBN 0316135496)

books like this are terrrible:
a. skateboarding deserves better than to be portrayed in this light. b. the 9-12 year old reader deserves to be given more credit. no one should buy this book. i wouldn't give this a star if it was an option

WONDERFUL!:
Matt Christopher is THE BEST author of 9-12 year old chapter books. He offers a lot of books covering all sports. Matt Christopher turned my son into a reader!

Skateboard Renegade:
Zach Halper loves skateboarding with friends. When Brian gets his hair bleached and spiked and he gets his ear pierced, Zach does it too. To do it, he had to steal fourty dollars from his sister. When his sister Zoey finds out about it, Zach has to give his sister skateboarding lessons for two months or else his sister will tell on him. Zach has to go to a new school because his test scores were high. When he goes to the new school, he ends up looking like a freak. WHen he finally makes a new friend there, he joins a club with him called the computer club. When he goes to visit his uncle in California, his Uncle is in a skateboarding exhibition. WIll Zach ever get his old look back? Read this book to find out!