| #1713342 in Books | Breakaway Books | 2012-08-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x6.00 x.50l,.45 | File type: PDF | 160 pages | ||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Not just for skaters|By Minne Reader|I came across Vertical when looking for books to grab the attention of my tween-aged boys. They've plowed through all the usual sports books (Dan Gutman), fantasy (Rowling, Riordan and others) and aren't that interested in most adult fiction. Vertical strikes the perfect balance, using skateboarding as a context to tell a great story about||
I think Vertical is awesome! It felt like I was reliving the early years where my passion for skateboarding was so new, fresh, and profound.”|Danny Way, three-time X Games gold medalist||Berend captures perfectly the bravado and angst of teena
Skateboarder Josh Lowman witnesses one of the best skateboarders in town (the local bully) commit a crime. For days he agonizes over whether to tell anyone. Meanwhile, his friendships with a fellow skater (who is debating whether to drop out of school), a beautiful girl in his class (who loves to read, and seems to like Josh), and a cool math tutor (a college student who skates) slowly steer him toward a new kind of courage.
Josh has a mesmerizing narrator'...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Vertical | Janet Eoff Berend. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
