Surfer

Haruka Nakagami

I read “Surfer!” by Paul Harvey. This book is a story about a teenager. I started the book on March 3rd and finished it on that day.

This story is set in England. The characters are Nick, his parents, Janelle, Mike, and Brian. Nick and Janelle are the main characters. One day, Nick tells his parents about his desire. He would like to go to Australia because he wants to participate in a surf competition. But his parents don’t like his plan because they hope college is the important thing for him now and he can’t get to Australia and live there with only eight hundred pounds. Nick has only eight hundred pounds. However he doesn’t give up. He goes to the beach to practice surfing every day. And he meets Janelle at the beach. She gives some advice to Nick. He tries his hometown’s competition to get a money prize. He did fall in the water but it was an accident caused by Brian (Brian hates Nick) during the contest. But he was winning and he got permission from his parents to go to Australia.

I thought he has a strong will. And I leaned to never give up is very important if you want your dream to be realized. The best thing is this book has some pictures. I understood it easily. But I want to read more story so for that reason I think the book is poor. It was too easy.