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Skateboard Tough (Matt Christopher Sports Classics) |
Author: Matt Christopher
Published: 1994-09-01 |
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 Viviana's Book Review on Skateboard Tough
Matt Christopher wrote the book Skateboard Tough in 1994. This book is about a boy named Brett that wanted a new skateboard because his old board was scratched up. His mom decided to have a garage installed and during construction Brett finds a buried chest in his front yard. Inside the chest it contained a blue and white striped skateboard with the word lizard painted on the base. Brett discovers that the skateboard gives him good luck, helps him to do tricks that he could not do before, but it causes everyone else to have bad luck. For example, his sister's best friend Sharon, when she tried to ride the lizard, she fell off the board, almost got ran over by a car, and received several injuries. Everyone tells Brett that the skateboard is cursed and he does not believe them. In my opinion, I think it was a bad decision for Brett to continue riding the skateboard because everyone was getting hurt physically each time when Brett used the board. Since Brett ignored the warnings of his friends; they decided to ignore him. Brett was left feeling lonely and depressed, which lead him to bury the skateboard back in the front yard. Afterwards, Brett started using his old skateboard again, told his friends that he buried the lizard and apologized to his friends for ignoring their warnings about the board being cursed. In the end Brett learns that he cannot always get what he wants. I would not recommend this book because the story line did not keep my attention. Maybe if the author, Matt Christopher, added in more action and adventure this book could have been more exciting. Otherwise, skateboarders would really enjoy this book because it included many descriptions of the tricks.
 Skateboarding Tough
Skate Boarding Tough is about a kid named Brett. He loves to skate board, but when he digs up a skate board he suddenly is able to do awesome tricks. Everyone thinks the skateboard is haunted but Brett knows what is really going on.
I like this book because it's a funny book and a mystery combined. The first page grabs you and makes you want to read more.
I recommend this book to people who like sports and funny books. So find a library and check it out. You're guaranteed to love it.
Kelly, Age 9 1/2 (and dad)
 skateboard tough
What it's about is a boy named Brett was skateboarding on his driveway. Then a couple of construction workers hit a box while they where digging in the front yard. They gave the box too Brett, so he grabbed a screwdriver, and a hammer using it like a hammer and chisel too open it up. Then when he opened the box he found a skateboard with bog letters saying "the lizard'', but every time he steps foot on the skateboard he gets much better at skateboarding, he can do tricks he never could do on his old skateboard "the cobra''. But on3e of his friends W.E looked up on a search site "the lizard skateboarding'' and it came up with a story about a skateboarder who was about too go pro but then one day when he was skateboarding he came around a corner and got hit by a car, and his parents buried the skateboard in the front yard because they didn't want any bad memories of him. Then his nabor built a skate park in her back yard because of what Brett wrote on a newsletter too the editor. He entered one competition and he came in 1st place and his worst enemy names john entered the competition also but he came in second. This is a really good book and I recommend for people too read this
Skate Board Tough
Skate board tough is a good book for people who like skating. The plot is that the kid likes to skate but has a bad board and he finds one in the ground. The board is like magic and makes him skate good. The setting is at his home most of the time and on the side walk and athe end at the skate park. The conflict of this story is that the board he found used to belong to a dead person. another conflict is that he has nowhere to skate. The resolution is that his friend's dad builds a skate park and that he becomes a really good skater just like the dead boy that used to own the board.
Matt Williams, 7th Grade
Brett Thyson had just moved to Springton. While workers were working in his backyard, one of them points out a buried box. One worker gives it to Brett and he discovers a skateboard that originally belonged to Lance Hawker, a pro skateboarder who had passed away. So when Brett tests it out, it can make him do amazing tricks that he could not do before on his old board. Brett was thinking of writing a letter to the editor of their newspaper so they can build a skatepark. But it was never done. When Brett's neighbor, Mrs. Weatherspoon, heard of this she had her backyard emptied and had sktepark built for everyone to go to. Brett always wanted to be the best skater in town along with Kyle Robinson. As Brett is telling this to Mrs. Weatherspoon, a few days later she sets up a contest for Brett, Kyle, and everyone who would like to participate. Can Brett win with his mysterious skateboard?
The message of this book is to be fair. In the book some of his friends think the skateboard is huanted and ask him to bury it back into the ground. But instead, he enters a contest and does tricks he could not do before. All his friends thought it wouldn't be fair.
Matt Christopher(author)did some things well while writing this book. In the contest Brett enters, the author did a good job of naming the tricks Brett does. The author also does a good job of explaining all the characters physical features.
I thought this book was O.K.. I liked when the author explained everything about the plot of the book, not leaving out any details. My favorite part is when Brett is facing Kyle in the contest.
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