A former skateboarder who's anything but lucky, Lucky Z finds triumph and power through his voice. Raw, cool, real--this is a shout out to teens to...
read full description
reviews
Aug 25, 2010
Jennifer
rated it: 
Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
When you read Lucky Z.'s story, you are reading his most personal thoughts in what he describes as his "hot-pink" journal. Some prose, but mostly poetry, expresses his pain and suffering and how he comes to terms with what life has dealt him.
Lucky Z. might not appear lucky as he describes the screws in his legs and a bumpy scar on his forehead as he sits in his wheelchair. All of this is t More...
When you read Lucky Z.'s story, you are reading his most personal thoughts in what he describes as his "hot-pink" journal. Some prose, but mostly poetry, expresses his pain and suffering and how he comes to terms with what life has dealt him.
Lucky Z. might not appear lucky as he describes the screws in his legs and a bumpy scar on his forehead as he sits in his wheelchair. All of this is t More...
Apr 26, 2011
Jbachelder
rated it: 
This really wasn't my cup of tea. This little book combines poetry and journal entries to tell the story of a Hispanic foster child who was injured in an accident and now is confined to a wheelchair. He suffers bullying and abuse because he is not only physically challenged, but he is also gay. The journal entries are quite moving, but I couldn't get engaged with the poems (the bulk of the text), which are supposed to appeal to a young, hip crowd. Stanzas like "for the computer tech ner
More...
Apr 15, 2011
Angela
rated it: 
*I received a hardback copy of this book for review from HaperTeen*
So, I really couldn't tell you exactly what this book was about. It is in no way a conventional novel. From what I gathered, it is the poetic writings of Lucky Z, a young teenage boy who has lost his mother to breast cancer, who's father left him and his mother after coming home from Iraq, who is living in foster care, who was in a terrible accident that left him in a wheel chair, and may have been shot by a kid in sc More...
So, I really couldn't tell you exactly what this book was about. It is in no way a conventional novel. From what I gathered, it is the poetic writings of Lucky Z, a young teenage boy who has lost his mother to breast cancer, who's father left him and his mother after coming home from Iraq, who is living in foster care, who was in a terrible accident that left him in a wheel chair, and may have been shot by a kid in sc More...
0 comments
like
(2 people liked it)
Jun 13, 2011
Melissa
rated it:
“[B]lam blam that was the last thing I heard” begins this fictional poetic journal of a boy named Lucky. Dedicated to a teen victim of a hate crime, and to boys who love the color pink, Skate Fate’s poetry challenges the reader. This is not an easy read. The style and subject matter of the poems is multifarious. Reading the book is a bit like excavating the backpack of a fifteen year old skater, you never know what you might find, you just know it wont be spelled conventionally. A poem is writte
More...
Feb 24, 2011
Diana
rated it: 
I loved the foster kid, skate boarder, Latino part of this but I was not the right reader for it. I will definitely recommend it to several teens I know who will love it
Aug 15, 2011
Jul 09, 2011
Apr 18, 2011
Apr 14, 2011
Apr 05, 2011
Apr 02, 2011
Mar 10, 2011
Mar 10, 2011
Feb 15, 2011
Jan 31, 2011
Jan 24, 2011
Dec 30, 2010
Dec 23, 2010
