TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Chapter One: REPLAY
Chapter Two: PANIC
Chapter Three: THE NEW GIRL
Chapter Four: BACK ON BOARD
Chapter Five: CHLOE’S PLACE
Chapter Six: CRASH AND BURN
Chapter Seven: BRUISED EGO
Chapter Eight: HELPING ANA
Chapter Nine: COMP MORNING
Chapter Ten: A WINNER
Author Bio
Illustrator Bio
Spanish Phrase Guide
Glossary
Discussion Questions
Writing Prompts
More About Longboarding
Explore More
Copyright
Back Cover
Chapter One
REPLAY
Valeria Pérez stuck her pencil down her cast and scratched. Just a little farther, she thought. There! Ahh. Much better.
Mateo kicked her chair. “Don’t you get that off soon?” he asked.
Valeria turned around and flashed her best friend a smile. “Today!” she said.
“Chido!” said Mateo. “Can you meet me at the skate park later?”
Valeria stared out the window.
“Valeria? Hello?” Mateo said, waving.
Mr. Rudder, their sixth-grade English teacher, looked up and cleared his throat.
“Valeria. Mateo. Are you finished with your journal entries?” he asked.
Yeah right, Valeria thought. Writing with her cast on was so slow!
Her thoughts drifted to the longboard crash. Ever since crashing six weeks ago, she had replayed the accident over and over. She couldn’t stop thinking about it. Of course this was a bad mindset, but she couldn’t help it.
BEEP! Class was over.
“So,” Mateo pressed, “when are you gonna check out my turns? I want to make sure I’m ready for the comp this weekend.”
He was talking about the longboarding race — the “comp,” short for “competition.”
