Description

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Thirteen-year-old Nate needs a break from looking after his newly disabled mom.

One day when Nate's mom thinks he's at a cross-country meet, he goes to the mall with a friend he's forbidden to have contact with. At the skate shop he sees a new board he can't afford but has to have, and Nate gets talked into running a scam. It turns out Nate looks a lot like a teen TV star filming in the area. So he and his buddy get girls to pay cash to be extras on set. It's all fine until Nate meets a girl he really likes. Nate knows he has to tell her the truth, but he's not sure he has what it takes to come clean.

This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read

About the Author

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Jocelyn Shipley, 's ya books include How to Tend a Grave, Getting a Life and Seraphina's Circle, and she is co-editor of Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls. Shatterproof is Jocelyn's first book with Orca Book Publishers. Jocelyn divides her time between Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver Island.