Kalifornia Blu (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781939980021)

Arrested for skateboarding at three o'clock in the morning at the VeniceBeach Skate Park, Kalifornia Blu's life takes an unexpected turn whenher rock star absent mom doesn't show up at her sentencing hearing. Toavoid a trip to Juvenile Hall, she tracks down her dad-whom she hasn'tseen since she was eight. The sentencing judge thinks a bit ofdiscipline will be good for Kalifornia and transfers her to a PoliceAcademy Magnet High School, where the students wear LAPD uniforms, learnpolice drills and practice forensics. And, she's forced to live with herex-skateboarding, ex-guitar playing, ex-dad Zachary, in his run-downVenice loft with a 6 pm to 6 am curfew.It's not an easy sentence for a girl who has grown up touring with hermom, living in five-star hotels all over the world.Curfew is tough, but Kal is tenacious. When she discovers her cop schoolpartner, Jade, is being threatened by her ganglord cousin, Kal skitches(skateboard hitches) a Range Rover through the Venice canals to saveher. She rescues a young girl from a gnarly living situation with Jade's help.It's a rough world she's thrown into, with some dangerous people... anda few new friendships, discovered in the most unlikely places.

Author: Winslow Eliot,Kendell Shaffer
ISBN-10: 193998002X
ISBN-13: 9781939980021
Publisher: Writespa
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2013
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.61d