Discusses the history, equipment, and techniques of various types of roller skating including recreational skating, speed skating, roller skate dancing, and roller skate hockey.
Mateo Garcia is a young city boy who wants desperately to be good at something -something that will take him from that skinny kid with the big hair to someone who matters. Despite struggling with celiac disease, Mateo keeps his sense of humor and channels his innermost strength into an incredible ride on roller skates all the way to regionals.
Astrid has always done everything with her best friend Nicole. So when Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for a summer camp, she's sure Nicole will be right by her side - until Nicole signs up for ballet camp instead, with Astrid's biggest rival. And so begins the hardest summer of Astrid's life, as she struggles to stay on her skates, to learn who she is without Nicole . . . and to find out what it takes to be a strong, tough, awesome roller girl.
SkateKey presents twenty-two childhood stories told by men and women connected by a metal gadget, the skatekey, a popular tool used to make a roller-skate fit onto a skater's shoe. This collection of memoirs emphasizes diversity multicultural and religious family backgrounds. Each roller-skating story takes place during a specific time period in American history: The Great Depression 1920s-1030s, World War II The 1940s, The 1950s, The Civil Rights Movement 1960s, and The 1970s. Some stories are funny while others present the hardships and struggles of children growing up during difficult times. SkateKey arouses nostalgia and includes authentic photos of the times and places represented in the stories.
Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Five twelve year old, eighth grade boys, inseparable friends who seek adventure, find it. Their life experiences from 1935 through World War II are their story. The boys and their families lived in a small semi-industrial town in central Massachusetts. The neighborhood they lived in was comprised of first generation citizens of Italian extraction. The Great Depression of the early 1930s was in full force. The failed economy affected the lives of the boys and their families. Hardship, deception, intrigue, adventure, love and war was part of the lives of the boys and their families.
Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.