Surfer

Turki Alfaqir

Writer: Paul Harvey

Genre: Adventure

Date started:21/6/2010

Date finished:22/6/2010

In this book I liked the boy surfer. The characters are Nick, his father and mother, Mike, Brian and Janelle. Nick's father was angry. "Why do you want to go to Australia now?" he asked. "You're only sixteen - you can go to Australia later. College is the important thing for you now. And you can't get to Australia and live there with only eight hundred pounds, you know." His mother and father didn't like Nick's plan. They wanted him to go to college, but he wanted to go to Australia for three months.

His mother and father didnt understand. He didn't want to wait - he wanted to go now, not later.

It was a hot Saturday in early July. The water and sky were blue in the afternoon sun and there were some big waves for the surfers. A big wave came and Nick started to swim strongly.

It was eight o'clock that evening. Only three or four surfers were in the water. It was time to go home. Nick put his things in his bag.

"It's your friend Mike" the boy answered. "He had an accident and cut his foot. It's bad. He can't walk. He won't be in the competition on Saturday now, not with a bad foot."

Nick didn't answer. Brian walked angrily away up the beach with his surfboard.

Nick looked at Janelle. She smiled at him and at his father. "It will be difficult to stop him" she said.

The message is college is important before anything else. The book is good. The English level is maybe difficult. I recommend other students read this book.