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About The Book
All it takes is eight seconds . . .
Cam O'Mara, grandson and younger brother of bull-riding champions, is not interested in partaking in the family sport. Cam is a skateboarder, and perfecting his tricks—frontside flips, 360s—means everything until his older brother, Ben, comes home from Iraq, paralyzed from a brain injury. What would make a skateboarder take a different kind of ride? And what would get him on a monstrosity of a bull named Ugly? If Cam can stay on for the requisite eight seconds, could the $15,000 prize bring hope and a future for his big brother?
Cam O'Mara, grandson and younger brother of bull-riding champions, is not interested in partaking in the family sport. Cam is a skateboarder, and perfecting his tricks—frontside flips, 360s—means everything until his older brother, Ben, comes home from Iraq, paralyzed from a brain injury. What would make a skateboarder take a different kind of ride? And what would get him on a monstrosity of a bull named Ugly? If Cam can stay on for the requisite eight seconds, could the $15,000 prize bring hope and a future for his big brother?
Product Details
- Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books (February 24, 2009)
- Length: 256 pages
- ISBN13: 9781439156681
- Grades: 7 and up
- Ages: 12 - 99
- Lexile ® 650 The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®
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Awards and Honors
- Bank Street Best Books of the Year
- Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee (IN)
- Texas Lone Star Reading List
- Nevada Young Readers' Award Nominee
- TAYSHAS Reading List (TX)
- Truman Reader Award Final Nominee (MO)
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