Everybody’s Gone Surfin’Everybody’s Gone Surfin’

Wave WarriorWave Warriorby Lesley Choyceby Lesley Choyce

•     In Lawrencetown In Lawrencetown Beach, if you’re not Beach, if you’re not a surfer, you’re a a surfer, you’re a nobody. Ben wants nobody. Ben wants to learn to surf but to learn to surf but needs the help of needs the help of an aging surfer to an aging surfer to conquer his fear conquer his fear and learn the way and learn the way of the wave warrior. of the wave warrior.

AR Level 4.1 Points 2.0

FICCHO

In the BreakIn the Breakby Jack Lopezby Jack Lopez

• Surfing is Juan Barrela's Surfing is Juan Barrela's life but when his best life but when his best friend Jamie faces a friend Jamie faces a violent home situation, violent home situation, the tenth-grader steals the tenth-grader steals his mother's car and his mother's car and drives with Jamie's drives with Jamie's sister Amber to Mexico sister Amber to Mexico to help her brother hide to help her brother hide until tragedy strikes the until tragedy strikes the trio. trio.

AR Level 5.6 Points 8.0

FICLOP

Catching WavesCatching Wavesby Stephanie Petersby Stephanie Peters

• Fourteen-year-old Fourteen-year-old Kai Ford, a good Kai Ford, a good surfer who respects surfer who respects the power of the the power of the sea, unfortunately sea, unfortunately does not always does not always have the same have the same respect for the respect for the privacy of other privacy of other people. people.

AR Level 4.9 Points 2.0

FICPET

Take OffTake Offby Todd Strasserby Todd Strasser

• When Kai arrives in When Kai arrives in Sun Haven he is Sun Haven he is immediately drawn to immediately drawn to the beach which the beach which reminds him of good reminds him of good times with his mom, times with his mom, but quickly realizes he but quickly realizes he must compete against must compete against the rich locals if he the rich locals if he wants to surf where wants to surf where the waves are best. the waves are best.

AR Level 4.8 Points 8.0

FICSTR

WipeoutWipeoutby J. Westby J. West

• When Jake first When Jake first moves to the moves to the beach he hates it, beach he hates it, but when he meets but when he meets Sully and starts Sully and starts learning how to learning how to surf, everything surf, everything changes. changes.

AR Level 2.6 Points 0.5

FICWES

Surf ZoneSurf Zoneby Pam Withersby Pam Withers

• A scuba-diving A scuba-diving accident leaves accident leaves Jake, Pete, and a Jake, Pete, and a surfer girl stranded surfer girl stranded on a deserted on a deserted island with island with surfboards as their surfboards as their only means of only means of escape. escape.

AR Level 5.8 Points 6.0

These books, and more, can be These books, and more, can be found @your school library.found @your school library.

Surfing expresses ... a pure yearning Surfing expresses ... a pure yearning for visceral, physical contact with the for visceral, physical contact with the natural world.natural world.

~MATT WARSHAW, ~MATT WARSHAW, Maverick's: The Maverick's: The Story of Big-Wave SurfingStory of Big-Wave Surfing