The ledge

Title
The ledge

Personal Author EPSB
Lesley, Choyce

Summary
"In this high-interest novel for teen readers, 16-year-old Nick tries to adjust to his new reality after a surfing accident leaves him paralyzed.".
 
Nick was used to being good at everything. Hockey, football, track, they all came easy to him. Surfing was his latest passion. That is, until the accident. Now partially paralyzed, Nick is angry, depressed and getting far too fond of his prescription meds. But his frequent visits to his physiotherapist, a Syrian refugee, and a budding friendship with a partial amputee who has also experienced firsthand the horrors of war help him start to piece his life back together. A story about overcoming the odds and changing your life for the better.

Year Published
2020

Series
Orca soundings

Physical Description
139 pages ; 18 cm

Subject
Teenage boys -- Fiction.
 
Surfing -- Fiction.
 
Paraplegics -- Fiction.
 
Friendship -- Fiction.
 
Teenage boys.

Genre
Bildungsromans.

Summary
"In this high-interest novel for teen readers, 16-year-old Nick tries to adjust to his new reality after a surfing accident leaves him paralyzed.".
 
Nick was used to being good at everything. Hockey, football, track, they all came easy to him. Surfing was his latest passion. That is, until the accident. Now partially paralyzed, Nick is angry, depressed and getting far too fond of his prescription meds. But his frequent visits to his physiotherapist, a Syrian refugee, and a budding friendship with a partial amputee who has also experienced firsthand the horrors of war help him start to piece his life back together. A story about overcoming the odds and changing your life for the better.

ISBN
9781459824614

Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2020.
 
©2020


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
A. Blair McPhersonF CHOBook31458100054033Fiction series