Can You Teach Me to Pick My Nose?

This book is a miles behind the times, but your average 9 year old probably wouldn't know it. It's your basic story about overcoming the oppressive kids in school in this case via learning to skateboard (picking your nose is a skateboarding trick circa 1990). I enjoyed it years ago when i was 10 and I'm sure current kids would too, but the skating mentioned is archaic as the sport has completely transformed in the past 15 years. An avid skater kid might find it hoaky, but most will see it as an exciting story about being cool and having a good time.

Ok, I'll admit it: The title of this book was what made me buy it. Real mature of me, right? However, "Can You Teach Me to Pick My Nose?" doesn't have anything to do with digging for gold (well, except for one instance at the end); 'nose-picking' is a skateboarding term.The book should appeal to the preteen crowd, in particular young males since the protagonist, 7th-grader Jordy Shepherd, is in the same boat as most guys--he's trying to impress a popular girl at school, Marissa Powell. And somehow he's found himself in a skateboard competition with her older brother, Steve. Unfortunately, Jordy doesn't know the first thing about skating; so, he seeks the help of an unpopular classmate--and skateboarding pro--Pamela Loseth, in order to survive the competition in one piece.As the title would suggest, this book is a lot of fun. It's ideal for young people who don't want to read very much (it's only 121 pages), and especially for readers interested in skateboarding.

I enjoyed reading this book. It wasn't the greatest book I ever read but I liked it. I liked how the author put Jordy into a big problem because Chris want'ed to show of Jordy. He needs to compite in a skateboard contest against a 9th grader and Jordy is only in 7th. The worst part is that he never been on a skateboard. He has only one hope, Pamela, a girl that no one likes. Pamela teaches Jordy everything he needs to know about skateboarding.