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Skateboard Tough | ||
| Author: | Matt Christopher | ||
| ISBN: | 0316142417 | ||
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Brett Thyson starts to think that maybe his new skateboard has magical powers when he starts to be able to do any kind of incredible trick when riding it. Reprint. SLJ. Skateboard Tough ANNOTATION When Brett's skateboarding abilities dramatically and inexplicably improve after using the Lizard, a skateboard mysteriously unearthed in his front yard, his friends start to wonder if the skateboard is haunted. FROM THE PUBLISHER When Brett's skateboarding abilities dramatically and inexplicably improve after using the Lizard, a skateboard mysteriously unearthed in his front yard, his friends start to wonder if the skateboard is haunted. FROM THE CRITICS School Library Journal Gr 2-4-- A Stephen King-style mystery for the younger set.``Doesn't it make you wonder?'' Brett is asked after he unearths a skateboard and claims it as his own. The plot builds suspensefully, yet readers never learn who buried the object, or why Brett can do difficult tricks he never dreamed of attempting before. Eventually he figures out the age-old adage ``to thine own self be true,'' returning to his old skateboard and relying on his own abilities. Followers of Christopher's other novels and Thrasher , a skateboard magazine, will enjoy this. Although some savvy readers will be annoyed by the use of the term ``rink'' when referring to a skateboarding area, they will appreciate Christopher's descriptions of tricks. Illustrated with realistic black-and-white drawings. --Blair Christolon, Prince William Library, Manassas, VA
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