Ending of the book.(pages 171-272 including the epilogue)

Little Norm manages to make it off of the mountain alive, Sandra ends up dying from her slide down the mountain. When little Norm reaches the cabin a girl named Patricia cares for him and gives him some hot chocolate. When little Norm is finished in the hospital he returns to school. He graduates from grammar school, but he keeps falling ill. Nick tends to little Norm while he is ill, and makes him a "hot toddy" which is tea mixed with brandy, lemon, and honey. Nick tells little Norm that he must get a job. Little Norm gets a job that his grandfather recommends at Topanga beach. Little Norm returns to surfing, and his old crew of skateboarders to cope with his feelings. Little Norm begins to go through puberty, and becomes a bit of a rebel. He goes to parties and starts fights. He gets grounded for sneaking out with his girlfriend to Makeout Mountain. The house little Norm's father bought for him and his mother caught fire, and it burned down. Little Norm's grandmother died of lung cancer. Little Norm convinced Nick to unground him and allow him to go surfing. Little Norm finally realizes that he is sad and angry. He misses his father, and remembers all of the things his dad had taught him to do on Topanga beach. The book then goes to the epilogue. The epilogue tells you what went wrong with the flight, and about little Norm explaining to his son Noah about the plane crash. The book ends with little Norm taking his son skiing, and with Noah (little Norm's son) ending up enjoying himself just as little Norm had done with his father.

My Thoughts:
This book was great. It had very interesting events that I personally could not relate too. I have only been snowboarding and skateboarding, but little Norm did so many things that I can only imagine what it must have felt like. The book had good times and bad times, and ended up overall to be a great story. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for something good to pleasure read. This will be the last blog that I write about Crazy For The Storm, but I will remember this book in the future.
-Dakota Usher

pages 101-170

Page 101 starts with little Norm waking up in his hut. He woke up to find that everyone was gone. He left his hut and searched for everyone. He arrived at the beach and discovered his father was helping the local people carry a big fishing net. After little Norm helps them finish carry the net, little Norm and Norm decide to go surfing. All of the villagers watched Norm and little Norm surf, and then the book turns to the plane crash. At the crash, Sandra kept asking little Norm, "How can he be dead?". Little Norm takes her underneath of an airplane wing that they use as shelter. Little Norm and Sandra cuddled and rested for warmth. Little Norm realizes that he is going to die if he continues to sleep so he forces himself to wake up. A helicopter fly's overhead, but does not notice little Norm and Sandra. Little Norm notices a cabin down the mountain. Then little Norm ponders if he should leave for the cabin, or stay under the wing. The book then returns to mexico. At mexico little Norm and Norm eat around a fire with the villagers. While at the fire the elders ask Norm if he had seen spirits in the wave, but Norm only told them what he visually saw. Norm and some villagers went to look at the truck. Meanwhile little Norm and the kids of the village looked at the bats. After looking at the bats little Norm went to sleep. Norm woke little Norm up, and then they went to a campfire again. While at the fire Norm played his guitar for the villagers, and they agree'd to help Norm fix his truck. After Norm's truck is fixed, little Norm and Norm go to little Norm's grandparents' house. Norm, little Norm, and his grandparents, all eat dinner and play card games.Norm flew one of little Norm's friends down and they surfed. The book then returns to the plane crash. Little Norm forces himself and Sandra to wake up again. After that, little Norm starts to take Sandra down the mountain towards the log cabin. The book then returns to the past with Norm and little Norm. Norm and little Norm take ferry's back to little Norm's home at Topanga beach. Little Norm learns of how the state is trying to remove beach residents from the beach. The state wins, and the residents lose their homes. Norm purchases a home for little Norm and his mother. Little Norm then surfs the rest of the day at Topanga beach with his father. The book then returns to the plane crash. Little Norm and Sandra begin progressing down the hill when Sandra lifts her stick and accidentally starts sliding toward a funnel. Little Norm quickly slides below her, and braces himself. Little Norm catches Sandra and slows them both down. Little Norm realizes he cannot hold onto Sandra's weight and detaches from her. As they progress down the hill little Norm notices how dark it is becoming. He begins to pick up his pace and goes five feet below Sandra. Little Norm realized how far behind Sandra was too late, and she slips into the funnel. The book then returns to the past. Little Norm has troubles coping with his new home. All of the kids his age were interested in very different things than little Norm. Nick (little Norm's mother's boyfriend) started recording all of little Norm's football games. Nick was more interested in little Norm's football games than his father because Norm had injured himself as a kid playing football. Little Norm chewed his food to loud for Nick's liking. As a result, Nick forced little Norm to sign a contract stating that if he chewed loud again he would have to eat away from everyone else. The book then returns to the plane crash. At the plane crash Sandra  had just fallen into a funnel ( a patch of ice that they cannot cross). Little Norm goes into the funnel and barely saves Sandra. They continue their descent, and inch their way down. Little Norm explains that if they slip up one more time they will not stop. The book returns to little Norm and his father. Little Norm enters a ski contest, and his dad wants him to beat the best kid there to stop his name from being put in the newspaper. Little Norm beats the kid (Lance McCloud) in the first event. In the second event Lance has a team clear off the ruts he is supposed to ski in, and he beats little Norm by 7 seconds because of that. Little Norm attracted the attention of a friend of the best skier in the world. The book returns to the plane crash. Little Norm and Sandra rest by holding on to a tree branch hanging into their path. They continue to move and Sandra separates from little Norm. Little Norm looks up to find Sandra attempting to stand up. Sandra tumbles over and falls into the funnel. Little Norm follows the blood trail but does not find Sandra.

My thoughts:
Little Norm has to be the most unlucky kid ever. He goes through difficulty after difficulty. Life just is not easy for him. He shows leadership in the plane crash, but he rushes too fast and causes casualties because of it. I have really enjoyed this book it keeps the reader interested at all times.

Pages 76-100

Page 76 begins with the ending of them surfing from page 75. After surfing they enter a restaurant where they are  scrutinized for not wearing appropriate clothing. Then they travel some more and stop at night at a town to eat. Little Norm explains that his father was not his usual self that night, and the boy wonders if his father is feeling sad about Sandra. The next day they rode a ferry and Norm played poker against a Scandinavian doctor, and his wife. His dad was trying to impress the doctor's wife by beating him at poker. That night Norm crawled into bed with little Norm smelling like perfume.The next morning they left and finally ended up in Mexico. Norm pulls off the road and talks to an American surfer. The surfer tells Norm that there might be some big waves coming in because of a hurricane. Then they drive some more and are stopped by a group of soldiers with guns. After showing the soldiers the receipt they steal money from Norm, and let little Norm and his father pass. When they leave the soldiers, Norm explains how he still has money because he stored the poker winnings in the hole of his guitar. Not much farther down the road, Norm and little Norm encounter another two stationed men. Norm plows through the blockade, and speeds away while being shot at. After some time passes it began to rain hard. It became too difficult to drive in so they turned off down a dirt road. The truck gets stuck so they leave the truck and walk. They stop by the ocean and collect shells. After collecting the shells they walk some more and discover a cave. The book returns to the plane crash. Norm then manages to take Sandra and move her from her seat. Norm moves Sandra all the way under an airplane wing that is sticking out from the ground. Norm crawls back to his father, and finally accepts the fact that he is dead. The book returns to Mexico. Norm and little Norm enter the cave and discover people. They give the people shells in return for a night's stay.

My thoughts:
So far you learn that Norm has a bit of Spanish background. He speaks in Spanish to guards, and to local people. He manages to get little Norm and himself a place to stay. Overall you learn that Norm is a very resourceful person, and can handle adverse situations.

Pages 50-75

Page 50 starts off with Sandra (Little Norman's father's girlfriend) pulling away from Norm's driveway, and almost hitting little Norm and his mother. Then little Norm and his father enter Norm's pickup truck. Then they reach the Tijuana boarder, and reach a man in uniform. Norm handed the man a receipt and the man demanded a tax for the washing machine in the back. Then the book describes Norm's life as an FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) agent. He ended up hating the FBI because of the leader. As a result of Norm hating the FBI he wrote a book about the FBI. Little Norm then daydreams of his time at Mount Waterman with his father. Little Norm rode down the mountain a short distance, and crashed. He attempted to ski again, and crashed a second time. Then the daydream ends, and little Norm describes them stopping the truck for gasoline and food. They stayed that night in a hotel near crashing waves. Little Norm then thought about his trip to Alta, Utah with his father and Sandra. Little Norm ends up crashing over a fallen tree trunk and getting caught in the tree. His father later finds him. The book then returns to the plane crash. At the crash scene little Norm becomes adapted to the situation at hand, and is able to see things clearly. He looks for a rug that he remembered from the plane. He then see's Sandra, and tells her to move to him. Sandra explains that she is stuck and cannot move. Then the book returns to little Norm, and his father. His father wakes him up while he is holding their surfboards. Then at the end of the seventy fifth page they surf.

My thoughts:
So far little Norms father appears to have had quite an adventurous life. Being an FBI agent he must have been smart. I've always wanted to surf and I can't really imagine what it must have been like to be little Norm in this book. Little Norm appears to be using wisdom because he remembered the little rug, and realized he could use that rug.

Pages 26-49

In pages 26-49 I have read about some events with the boy’s father. Little Norm is woken up by his father early in the morning to go surfing. The boy tells his father that he is too tired; he has been hurt, and does not want to go surfing. Norm (little Norm's father) tells the boy that the iodine in the salt water will be good for his scrapes. Reluctantly the boy gets out of bed and goes with his father. His father takes him to the ocean to teach him how to surf. While attempting to surf the boy messes up and is hit by a wave. A friend of the boy shows up and the boy's father helps him surf on a big wave. After seeing his friend surf, the boy tells his father that the next wave is his. Little Norm manages to hit the wave and ride it correctly. After his wave, little Norm goes to his mother, Jan, where she is watering flowers. Little Norm's father asks Jan if she saw the boy's wave, and at this time Norm notices something is wrong with Jan. After putting away the surf boards, the boy's father notices Jan's black eye. Norm is angered by this, but does not act on it. Little Norm is told privately by his father to stay away from Nick at all times possible, and not to argue with Nick. Little Norm agrees and decides to visit his Godmother. After this the book then turns to the plane crash. The boy manages to slowly climb back up the mountain over the course of 30 minutes. Once back to his father, the boy kicks some ice to develop steps. When he is finished making steps he examines his father. Little Norm is too weak to move his father; so little Norm hugs his dad, and discovers he is still warm.

My Thoughts:

The boy has a bad home situation, but his father clears things up. Little Norm's father gets him away from all of the bad home situations, and educates the boy on recreational activities. The boy's father teaches the boy to preserver through struggles. I enjoyed this part of the book especially. This part of the book shows how good of a father the boy has.

Pages 4-25

Many things have happened in the book so far. The book introduces the main character's (little Norm) mother, Jan, his mother's boyfriend Nick, his father Norm, his father's girlfriend Sandra, and a gang of his friends. Little Norm sneaks out of his house and goes skateboarding with a group of his friends. While skateboarding little Norm falls behind, and speeds up to catch up. In his hurry little Norm falls off of his board and recieves some bad scratches and bruises. On the boy's way home he walks by a window and sees a couple having sex. When the boy gets home he hides his skateboard. After he gets home he lies to his mother and tells her that he was not skateboarding, and covered up his injuries by saying he fell. Later on little Norm does not want to watch Watergate events on the news, and changes the channel. (Watergate refers to the scandal that President Nixon was involved with.) The boy is told to change the channel back by Nick. The boy refuses and Nick discovers his injuries from the skateboard wreck. After that, his mother defends little Norm and because Nick is drunk and angry, he hits Jan in the eye. After that the book flashes back to the scene of the plane crash. The boy wakes and falls back to sleep, and then wakes back up. The boy finds Sandra, and she panics and claims his father is dead. Little Norm sees his father, and tries to get to him. The boy slips down the mountain, and catches himself on a tree.

My thoughts:

So far the book is interesting. I do not like the fact that Nick is abusive. I do however like the fact that the boy can get away from Nick by skateboarding with his friends. The book is turning out to be a good read, although at this point I am curious to see if his father is alive or dead.

Crazy for the Storm Reading so far.

So far I am on chapter two of my book, and I am enjoying the book. I would recommend the book to anyone so far that is looking for a good read. So far the character in my book has introduced a little bit about himself, and the story started to become eventful when the plane the boy is on starts to crash, but when the second chapter of the book starts it goes to an earlier point in time and leaves the reader craving for more details on the airplane crash. When it switches to a different time, it reveals information about the boys parents, and it especially tells of his father. His father always motivates him to do things; such as skiing, hockey, surfing. The book describes how the boy's father goes to secret surf spots while getting an oven for the boy's grandmother.

My thoughts:
    I think that the boy's father is very dangerous, and I think he is also somewhat of a good parent because he pushes his child to be successful. The boy's father has trained him to be a skiing champion, and takes him wherever he needs to go to further himself. Some people's father's do not take them to such outings, and do not push them to be successful. So in a way I believe that the father's recklessness is good, but there are also bad points to that. Doing dangerous stunts could lead to disaster, but if the father is reasonable with his recklessness he can develop the boy into a very successful person.