Bull Rider by Suzanne Morgan Williams

All it takes is eight seconds . . .

Cam O'Mara, grandson and younger brother of bull-riding champions, is not interested in partaking in the family sport. Cam is a skateboarder, and perfecting his tricks—frontside flips, 360s—means everything until his older brother, Ben, comes home from Iraq, paralyzed from a brain injury. What would make a skateboarder take a different kind of ride? And what would get him on a monstrosity of a bull named Ugly? If Cam can stay on for the requisite eight seconds, could the $15,000 prize bring hope and a future for his big brother?

Suzanne Morgan Williams co-wrote Piñatas and Smiling Skeletons: Celebrating Mexican Festivals with Zoe Harris, which won an Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Multicultural Non-Fiction. She also wrote Made in China: Ideas and Inventions from Ancient China, which can be found in the classrooms of Chinese schools and in museum bookstores across North America. A former elementary teacher, Ms. Williams spends her time writing and speaking at conferences. She lives with her family in Reno, Nevada.