The Half-Pipe Kidd

by Alison Acheson

Ogilvie Kidd has two talents--freestyle cycling and writing poetry. This odd combination forces Og to make a choice that will affect the rest of his life. His name is Ogilvie Kidd and his first love is freestyle cycling, on his backyard half-pipe with his best friends - Roland Gilbert, a straight-A over acheiver and Chester "Couch" Field, a fanatical jock who's failing English. Then fifteen-year-old "Og" discovers a new talent--writing about the thrills of his favourite sport. Roland thinks it's great, but Couch turns hostile. Poetry is boring stuff written by dead guys. Things only get worse when Mallory Nightengale starts to notice Og.

When Tony Jones, the world's best freestler, comes to town and pays a visit to Og's half-pipe, Og and his friends learn surprising things about themselves, and make choices that will affect the rest of their lives.

114 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

I live and write in the east side of Vancouver, Canada.

I write for all ages and in multiple forms, from picturebooks, MG and YA novels, to memoir and adult novels and short fiction. I have a Substack newsletter, The Unschool for Writers.

https://unschoolforwriters.substack.com/