Janet Berend has taught English and Creative Writing at La Costa Canyon High School in Carlsbad, California for the past fifteen years
"I think Vertical is awesome! It felt like I was reliving the early
years where my passion for skateboarding was so new, fresh, and
profound."
--Danny Way, three-time X Games gold medalist "Berend captures
perfectly the bravado and angst of teenage boys hooked on wanting
to risk it all and terrified of losing something they can't define.
A tightly drawn tale of when to speak out and the cost of
friendship, Vertical glides in and out of trouble as deftly as Josh
Lowman's skateboard."
--Sarah Collins Honenberger, author of the bestseller Catcher,
Caught "Vertical gives you the true feeling of what it's like to
have an obsession with skateboarding."
--Mike McGill, skateboarding legend "I really felt a connection to
this book and all of the skateboarding parts. It just feels
real."
--Mitchie Brusco, youngest athlete to compete in the X Games 2011
Mega Ramp, first person to land the 900 in Mega Ramp competition
"The narrator's voice is very authentic. Skating details are
incredible. . . . The tension builds gradually and becomes a real
page-turner. . . . Teens will appreciate the appeal of day-to-day
skating challenges overlaid with larger life challenges. Being a
teenager often does feel like being at the top of a large half pipe
and what kid doesn't want to feel that exhilaration of soaring
above it all?"
--Laurie Stowell, Ph.D., California State University, San Marcos,
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