For Hope Ja mes m y most loyal canine friend A C Publ www abdopublishing com ww Published by Magic Wagon a division of ABDO PO B PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Cop Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc Inte International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this boo book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Calico is a trademark and logo of Magic Wagon Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 102014 012015 Written by Amy Cobb Illustrations by Anna Cattish Edited by Heidi M D Elston Megan M Gunderson Bridget O’Brien Cover and interior design by Candice Keimig Extra special thanks to David Manthei our snowboarding expert Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cobb Amy author Shredding with the geeks by Amy Cobb illustrated by Anna Cattish pages cm Band geeks Summary When her grandparents sign her up for the Benton Bluff Junior High band Tally Nguyen is horrified and worried about what the kids on her snowboarding team will think but she comes to realize that she doesn’t need to choose between the groups ISBN 978-1-62402-076-6 1 Bands Music Juvenile fiction 2 Vietnamese American children Juvenile fiction 3 Snowboarding Juvenile fiction 4 Grandparent and child Juvenile fiction 5 Junior high schools Juvenile fiction 1 Bands Music Fiction 2 Vietnamese Americans Fiction 3 Snowboarding Fiction 4 Grandparents Fiction 5 Junior high schools Fiction 6 Schools Fiction I Cattish Anna illustrator II Title PZ7 1 C63Sh 2015 813 6 dc23 graciously for 2014033608 14033608 ry Vaught music to Lar for Megan Gunderson ise and passion thanks ra special AC t ing his exper th ext ia Gore taking a chance on me to Clel shar grateful forever for and Candice Keimig am Wi I
TABLE OF CONTENTS 21 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 4 14 35 BRAND NEW BAND GEEK p NOT FUNNY p ALL HAIL THE SNOWBOARD QUEEN p HERE’S THE DEAL p 43 CLOSE CALL p 57 MAKE A WAVE p 68 LOSING FOCUS p CHOOSING SIDES p THE COLD SHOULDER p Chapter 10 FINDING MY WINGS p 101 78 91 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9
1 Chapter BRAND NEW BAND GEEK Extreme That’s me Mainly because of slopestyle snowboarding That’s my sport No it’s my life But there’s something else extreme in my life My grandparents No joke I never know what they’ll do next And when I got home from school they struck again Tally check out your grandparents my friend Yulia Glatt said Yulia goes to the same school as me Benton Bluff Junior High And her house is across the street from mine We moved here five years ago when I was in second grade So Yulia is pretty much used to my grandparents by now Or as used to them as anyone could get anyhow My grandparents emigrated from Vietnam a long time ago right after they got married But they 4
still want to try everything this country has to offer And I mean everything Today it was ballroom dancing They twirled in front of our huge family room picture window totally visible from the street Grammy wore a fluffy red feather boa Pop’s fancy rhinestone shirt sparkled in the setting sun as he spun her around I gotta go Yulia I said Time to close the blinds before the entire block sees them I think they’re cute Yulia smiled
