Skateboard Renegade — Matt Christopher

Image isn't everything.

Zach Halper loves skateboarding with his buddies. But lately, one of the guys, Brian, has been pressuring the others to do stuff Zach knows they shouldn't be doing. Yet Zach goes along, not only because he doesn't want to seem chicken but because soon he won't be seeing his friends as much. He'll be going to an exclusive academy while they'll be attending their old middle school. But will Zach go too far to fit in?