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SKATE Michael Harmon Hardcover | Knopf Books for Young Readers | 978-0-375-87516-8 (0-375-87516-6) | October 2006 | $15.95 Ages 14 up Hardcover Library Binding | Knopf Books for Young Readers | 978-0-375-97516-5 (0-375-97516-0) | October 2006 | $17.99 | Ages 14 up

Ian McDermott struggles to keep it together when his drug-addicted mother leaves him with no food or money to take care of his younger brother, Sammy. Ian runs track faster than anyone in school, but as a skater with piercings, he does not fit in with the jocks. As a result, he is targeted by the coaches and principal as someone to get rid of at their school. When a well-meaning adult attempts to help, Ian panics and runs. He fears that he and Sammy will become lost in the foster-care system. On the road, he faces life and death situations as he attempts to make the right decisions to protect his younger brother. This gripping account of a young man forced to make adult decisions will keep you racing to get to the end.

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Prepared by Pat Strawn, Librarian, John Jay High School, San Antonio, Texas

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