Terrell, Brandon. Above.

Terrell, Brandon.  Above.  Capstone/Stone Arch  2014  72p  ISBN 978-1-4342-4084-2   series: Tony Hawk: Live to Skate  elem/ms     VG    Sports     

Nate usually spends time in the skateboard park right after school. On this particular night he is not watching the time and he gets home late, only to find that the apartment building he and his mom lived in was on fire.  All is lost, including the video project he was working on for publication.  Now they do not have a home and have to stay with relatives out in the country.  At first Nate feels out of place and angry at the injustices of the world.  Then he somehow connects with his cousin on a different level, and is able to find his creativity for filming skateboard videos and for the simple enjoyment of the skateboard park.  While there, he and his cousin meet up with a girl who is super great with the skateboard and wants Nate to film and publish his video. All goes well, until one night when everything seems to go wrong.  Now Nate must revisit his ideas about skateboarding to see if it is what he really wants.
Half illustration, half text, this book will be of interest to the younger crowd. There are good lessons to learn from the characters.  An interesting book.

Summary: When a fire burns down the apartment building where Nate and his mom live, the loss of Nate’s videos, computer and his mom’s possessions leave them both in the street.  How will he ever be able to get back all the work he put into his video project?                     

Skateboarding-Fiction, Video tapes–Fiction                       --Magna Diaz