Skateboards

From the Series 21st Century Skills Library
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Skateboards are not just popular in America, they are popular in England, China, and Japan as well. This book will help readers understand how raw materials are made into skateboards in factories from California to China.

  • Surfing on Land
  • From the Mill to the Factory
  • Adding Motion
  • A Widening Picture
  • A Global Factory
  • Map
  • Glossary
  • For More Information
  • Index
  • About the Author
Interest Level Grade 4 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 6
Copyright 2008
BISACS JNF010000, JNF051120
Publisher Cherry Lake Publishing
Series Racial Justice in America: Excellence and Achievement: 21st Century Skills Library
Language English
Number of Pages 32
ISBN 9781602790230
Title Format Reinforced book
Release Date 2007-08-01
Author Robert Green
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Glossary of key words, Index, Informative sidebars, Sources for further research, Table of contents
Dewey 338.4'7685362
Dimensions 7.5 x 9.5
ATOS Reading Level 6.4
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 117914
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
 

Author: Robert Green

Robert Green is the author of many books for young adults. He holds graduate degrees from New York University and Harvard. He learned a lot about globalization while living in Taiwan, where he studied Chinese and worked for the Taiwanese government.

Content Adviser: Jim Fitzpatrick

Jim Fitzpatrick has been an active skateboarder since the steel-wheeled days of the 1950s. Past editor of Transworld‘s Skateboarding Business, he has been a frequent contributor to skateboard magazines and is the author of Tony Hawk. In 1994, he founded the nonprofit International Association of Skateboard Companies and is currently vice president of USA Skateboarding. A California native, he lives in Santa Barbara, California, where he is head of the Santa Barbara Montessori School.

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