BR8: Taking off

This book is about a girl who gets a new skateboard. Her name is Anna. She goes out to race down the hill and see some her friends. A boy named Tom likes her skateboard. He really wants to have a ride. Happening begins from this scene. He grabs her skateboard by force. She hates it. He started skateboarding without her permission. He races off down the hill. She tries to get it back. Her friend passes his skateboard to Anna and she chases Tom. When she could see him, a bump is in front of Tom but he doesn’t notice. He falls down. A little bit of paint has come off it. She is very shocked with that. He feels very sorry about the paint. He speaks a reason why he did skateboard to her. He has no money to get it so he envies her. He thought she got the skateboard from her mum and dad with all their money. It wasn’t true. Most of money which is used to the skateboard is some jobs she did. He was shocked to hear the story. He decides to get a new skateboard by his money. He tries to find a job to get it like her. They make a promise that they will skateboard together after he gets a new one.

I felt this story is telling importance of how I get things what I really want.

Tom learned same thing. He realized he has to get something which he really wants by himself. I think it’s very important for our lives. It is not good getting something without any try. It connects our future. I learned one thing from my grandmother. My grandmother said “you try hard anything when you are young or you’ll be free when you get old’’. Now I have a dream. I am trying to be there in the future. And I will be enjoying my lives with my family, my friends and lots of money.

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 Reilly, Carmal. (2007). Taking off. Cengage Learning Australia.