Scateboard Renegade: Image isn't Everything [Paperback]

Matt Christopher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2000 | Grade Level: 3 and up

When Zach takes up skateboarding, he doesn't realize that he's expected to look a certain way and cop a certain attitude. He's not comfortable with any of those things. He just wants to have fun, and perhaps enter a few competitions. Will he be ostracized because he looks and acts so "normal?"

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316135496
• ISBN-13: 978-0316135498
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.4 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,019,329 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Skateboard Renegade, October 15, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Scateboard Renegade: Image isn't Everything (Paperback)

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!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars books like this are terrrible, November 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Scateboard Renegade: Image isn't Everything (Paperback)

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

5.0 out of 5 stars Wicked book, February 17, 2011

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This review is from: Skateboard Renegade: Is image everything? (Matt Christopher Sports Classics) (Kindle Edition)

this book was a great read. I love how it is written alot! I would give this book 8 stars if that was possible. I would recommend this book.