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.