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.