Snowmobile Challenge

By Linda Aksomitis
$0.99 Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Dec. 15, 2011
Words: 36,713 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780973438741

Short description

Brad Klein loses his best friend in a snowmobile crash with a train. Then, his family moves to a small town where he finds it tough to fit in, especially after he gets blamed for some snowmobile pranks. Jodie Reed seems to be friendly, but her classmates, snowmobilers Chickowski and Hollander, are a big problem! As his relationship with his dad falls apart, things seem to go from bad to worse.

Extended description

The award-winning young adult novel, Snowmobile Challenge, was first released in 2003. Judges at the Saskatchewan Book Awards wrote: The sixteen-year-old protagonist in Snowmobile Challenge looks deeply into himself after his best friend, Riley, dies in a snowmobile accident. Brad Klein comes to understand the difference between proving oneself in a race and proving oneself in life.

When his dad moves the family to a small town after the accident, Brad has a difficult time fitting in. Although Jodie Reed, one of the stars of the local hockey team, is friendly, her snowmobiling classmates, Hollander and Chickowski, are anything but! They, along with everybody else it seems, blame him for some snowmobile pranks that started when he moved to town. While working on a school project with Jodie, Brad discovers that his dad has been keeping his past successful oval snowmobile racing career hidden--but why?

Brad ponders this mystery and others as he's out riding his snowmobile. Can he le.. (Read more) The award-winning young adult novel, Snowmobile Challenge, was first released in 2003. Judges at the Saskatchewan Book Awards wrote: The sixteen-year-old protagonist in Snowmobile Challenge looks deeply into himself after his best friend, Riley, dies in a snowmobile accident. Brad Klein comes to understand the difference between proving oneself in a race and proving oneself in life.

When his dad moves the family to a small town after the accident, Brad has a difficult time fitting in. Although Jodie Reed, one of the stars of the local hockey team, is friendly, her snowmobiling classmates, Hollander and Chickowski, are anything but! They, along with everybody else it seems, blame him for some snowmobile pranks that started when he moved to town. While working on a school project with Jodie, Brad discovers that his dad has been keeping his past successful oval snowmobile racing career hidden--but why?

Brad ponders this mystery and others as he's out riding his snowmobile. Can he learn to cope with feeling responsible for his friend's death? Make friends in Cromlech High School? Find out who's really pulling the snowmobile pranks?
(Less)

Tags

friendship, accidents, moving on after tragedy, death and bereavement, snowmobiles, sports books, snowmobiling, moving schools

Available ebook reading formats

Single purchase gains access to all formats. How to download ebooks to e-reading devices and apps.

Format	Full Book	Sample First 20%
Online Reading (HTML, good for sampling in web browser)	Buy	View sample
Kindle (.mobi for Kindle devices and Kindle apps)	Buy	Download sample
Epub (Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions, others)	Buy	Download sample
PDF (good for reading on PC, or for home printing)	Buy	No sample available
RTF (readable on most word processors)	Buy	No sample available
LRF (Use only for older model Sony Readers that don't support .epub)	Buy	Download sample
Palm Doc (PDB) (for Palm reading devices)	Buy	Download sample
Plain Text (download) (flexible, but lacks much formatting)	Buy	No sample available
Plain Text (view) (viewable as web page)	Buy	No sample available

Reviews

Log-in to write a Review   Log-in to add a Video Review

This book has not yet been reviewed.

Reason for report:
— Select a reason — Book is or contains spam Book infringes copyright Same content is published elsewhere with different author (for ex., by private-label rights) Duplicate Incomplete work (such as sample or serial) Should be marked adults-only Category is inappropriate Poorly formatted Nudity or other inappropriate content on cover Nudity or other inappropriate visual content in book Inappropriate erotica content Cover image is improper Content is inappropriate Other violation of Terms of Service Other reason not shown above.

Additional details: