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In-Line Skating in the X Games (Kid's Guide to the X Games) by Blomquist, Christopher is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is In-Line Skating in the X Games (Kid's Guide to the X Games) about?

<p>Introduces the people and events connected with the aggressive in-line skating competition that has taken place twice a year since 1995 at what is the Olympics of extreme ...</p><h3>School Library Journal</h3><p>Gr 4-8-Slim, action-packed titles. Each page of large-print text faces a full-page color photo, making the books appealing to reluctant readers. The volumes are fairly informative, with quite a bit of description on the basics of each sport. Female athletes appear in two of them. Safety warnings appear on the verso pages-not a place most kids would notice. There is a questionable choice of glossary terms-midair, athletes, and medals are rather basic terms that the audience for these books will be familiar with. The quality of the color photos varies. In-Line Skating has the best action shots; the special effects in Street Luge make a few of the pictures seem fuzzy and surreal. Wakeboarding only shows one of the three obstacles important to many of the tricks performed. Tracy Nelson Maurer's Wakeboarding (Rourke, 2002) has better photos, more basic information, steps to performing actual tricks described in the text, and a discussion of wakeskating. Reading all three of B

Author

Blomquist, Christopher

Publisher

New York: PowerKids Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780823963027

Subjects

Anthropology, Literary Fiction, Children'S