About halfway through the push-ups, Ian refuses to do anymore. Ian responds with a couple of words I can't say because I'll get a detention, but the Gym teacher catches Ian and forces him to do 50 push-ups. In the beginning of the story, Tony Freeman is making fun of Ian and saying the Ian still has a crush on his ex-girlfriend Veronica.

The perspective in the story is first person, and is told by Ian. The theme of my story is that no matter how hard you try, you can never run away from you're problems. This has annoyed the Gym teacher and the Principle a lot. He will talk back or even fight for his way. Ian isn't going to take anything, from students, his mom's boyfriends she brings home, or teachers. Ian is a regular kid to his friends, but to his teachers, he is a scumbag skater who wears all black, has no father, and has a crack addicted mother. The setting of my book is an urban city, which 15 year old Ian McDerrmott I would say that this is probably the best book I've ever read. I picked this book up because I thought it would be just about skating but I realized that there is more to this book than kick flips. Skate is a realistic fiction book and is full of action. Michael Harmon tells a nuanced and unflinching story of wilderness survival, the fierce bond between brothers, and teen rage–and redemption.Do you like skateboarding and violence? Well then, Skate is the book for you.

Through it all, Ian knows exactly what he has to do: protect Sammy, and let no one split up their family of two.

Their search for the one relative they can think of, their only hope, leads Ian and Sammy across the entire state of Washington in the cold and rain–and straight into a shocking discovery. And when his temper finally blows–he actually takes a swing at Coach Florence and knocks him cold–Ian knows he’s got to grab Sammy and skate. They get by, finding just enough to eat and plenty of time to skateboard.īut at Morrison High, Ian is getting the distinct, chilling feeling that the administration wants him and his board and his punked hair gone. He’s been raising Sammy practically on his own ever since their mom disappeared again on one of her binges. There’s not much keeping Ian McDermott in Spokane, but at least it’s home.

Skate by Michael Harmon