Tony Hawk

Discover The Life of A Sports Star: Tony Hawk
By: David and Patricia Armentrout
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 24
Reading Level: 8-12

This is a very simply but effective biography.Tony Hawk is a skateboard legend. This book celebrates his life and achievements. Shows he was a goal driven hard worker, achieving the 900. When no one thought it was possible. It also describes he is a happy family man, while still achieving his dreams.
Many argue that we should portray both the good and bad about the people who are going to be our children's role models. However I disagree, many people don't have major issues. So searching out those to prove they are real people isn't always helpful to children. However I love that in this book they talk about all the practice Tony Hawk has to do to become as good as he is. And it also talks about his first competition. At his very first competition, even after lots of practice he ended up failing, and leaving before it was over. It then goes on to say how choose to learn form the experience and grow and build from that.

Recommended to: Skateboarding enthusiast, as well as little boys just looking for someone to look up to.
Problems: None, this is a simple biography however its extremely appropriate for the age level.
My Reaction: I really liked it, enjoyed the layout and content, it always has lots of really neat photography's.