num_pages: 111
description: WHEN YOU GROW up in a small town in the north woods, you have to make your own excitement. High spirits, idiocy, and showing off for the girls inspire Gary Paulsen and his friends to attempt:• Shooting waterfalls in a barrel• The first skateboarding• Breaking the world record for speed on skis by being towed behind a souped-up car, and then . . . hitting gravel• Jumping three barrels like motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, except they only have bikes• Wrestling . . . a bear? Extreme sports lead to extreme fun in new tales from Gary’s boyhood.A New York Times Bestseller
language: English
title: How Angel Peterson Got His Name
titlecomplete: How Angel Peterson Got His Name
genres: Middle Grade, Sports, Young Adult, Childrens, Adventure, Teen, Short Stories, Fiction, Humor, Juvenile
ratings_count: 1342
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Wendy Lamb Books