Silent Reading Book Review

Eric Walter's Grind.

Eric Walters has written over 60 novels, Eric's novels have one over 80 awards including 11 children's choice awards and many more. A couple of books that i have really liked of his are Overdrive,House party and juice. He is one of my favorite author's because all of his books are short full of action and easy to read.

I've been reading the Orca Soundings series since i was first recommended the book No problem by my grade 8 teacher. I've now read 6 books by Orca Soundings and have really enjoyed them all my favorite however would have to be Grind by Eric Walters. In this novel I find Eric Walters description of the skateboarding lifestyle to be almost surreal in its depiction of a success story.

This book takes place in an undefined part of the united states during the 90's and the atmosphere of 'Grind' is very light almost surreal because everything is vibrant. The problems he has seem minor compared to the other things going on. By the end of the book after Wally's had his accident it doesn't focus on him being hurt but on the actions that led up to that final scene like him landing his big stunt.

The book Grind is what seems almost like a success story about a skater named Philip and his best friend wally they've both been skating since they were 9 but when they meet a pro skater with his own web page it gives Phil the idea that they can do it too and they can make a bit of cash while doing it. So they set out to find some more skaters and someone to run the web page. Once there page starts getting hits the boys feel they have to start doing more dangerous stunts to keep updating their site.But in the end was it too much for 2 young boys?

This is my favorite book I've read it several times i really like this book because its a happy book. The boys set up there site and have so many hits and make money while also making new friends and getting better at skateboarding. Although i don't often read the last page because for me the last page ruins the story (I'm not sure if i can give away the ending so if you wish to read the book don't read this okay so in the end of the book they all quit skating and take down there site) like wtf! the whole book is about them skating and getting better and building this site then that happens its like when you watch a movie and in the end they wake up and it was all a dream its just a slap in the face, and so for that reason i would give this book four and a half star rating and i would recommend it to anyone interested in skateboarding