How Angel Peterson Got His Name: And Other Outrageous Tales about Extreme Sports

WHEN YOU GROW up in a small town in the north woods, you have to make your own excitement. High spirits, idiocy, and showing off for the girls inspire Gary Paulsen and his friends to attempt:

- Shooting waterfalls in a barrel

- The first skateboarding

- Breaking the world record for speed on skis by being towed behind a souped-up car, and then . . . hitting gravel

- Jumping three barrels like motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, except they only have bikes

- Wrestling . . . a bear?

Extreme sports lead to extreme fun in new tales from Gary's boyhood.

A New York Times Bestseller

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Rh Childrens Books
Published: 08/10/2004
ISBN: 9780440229353
Pages: 111
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.40d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 06/01/2005 pg. 57
PW Notes and Reprints 11/01/2004 pg. 65
Publishers Weekly 11/01/2004

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 65168 / How Angel Peterson Got His Name
Reading Level: 6 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 3