I was getting some nasty looks. But I couldn't leave, even though that was what those ugly staring faces said without one word. Dorf has always lived by his personal motto: If it's worth doing, do it. If it's not worth doing, do it anyway. But now he's in a new city, and the terrain has changed. He's no longer free to skateboard where he wishes, school is hard, and he has the reputation as a freak. With daring stunts he gains the grudging respect of local troublemakers, but he needs to tap into the more elusive kind of courage to effect real change in his life.

Award-winning author Lesley Choyce has written sixty-eight books and is a year-round surfer at Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia.