• Age: 12 to 15
• Grade: 7

Adventurous best friends Jake and Peter discover an exhilarating new sport. " Pam's books have wide appeal to boys and girls, to avid and reluctant readers, to teens and to younger children who are looking for a challenging high-interest book! " -The Bookmark Fifteen-year-old best friends Jake and Peter love trying out new extreme sports and competing with each other. Whether they're on surfboards, snowboards or dirt bikes, they always stumble upon adrenaline-pumping adventure. Now Jake and Peter discover mountainboarding and decide it's one of the best free-ride sports around. They set off to bomb down slopes on what looks like a snowboard with spring-loaded wheels. When a junior-guide training trip promises action on three of the Pacific Northwest's largest mountains, Jake and Peter shrug off the fact that all are sleeping volcanoes that could erupt at any time. Things heat up when at least one of the mountains begins rumbling, and matters get even more complicated by Peter's secret agenda, Jake's inner turmoil, and the arrival of two girls and a nasty senior guide. Readers will remain at the edge of their seats as they find out whether Jake and Peter can get the group down the mountain alive in Mountainboard Maniacs , the explosive finish to Pam Withers' Take It to the Xtreme series.

Award-winning author Pam Withers has written numerous bestselling sports and adventure books for teens, including four for Orca Book Publishers: Camp Wild, Breathless, Daredevil Club and . Pam is a former outdoor guide, journalist, editor and associate publisher. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband and tours North America extensively. For more information, visit www.pamwithers.com.

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Mountainboard Maniacs

This novel, the tenth book in the Take It to the Xtreme series, will appeal to reluctant readers through an interesting plot that respects the reader’s intelligence and holds the reader’s attention. It appeals to its audience through fast-paced action in scenic settings that involve mountainboarding, friendship, the outdoors and danger. Centred around Mountainboard tour guide training on Mount St Helens, Jake and Peter the competitive main characters in the series, an Australian, and attractive twins go for a free-ride trip around the three Mountains. Of course, Mount St Helens is a sleeping volcano. Well written, the action sequences are very convincing, leading up to the inevitable explosive climax. Mountainboard Maniacs presents interesting, believable characters with inner turmoil and conflicts. The intriguing plot-line incorporates extreme sports and natural disasters.

Mountainboard Maniacs (Take It to the Xtreme)

Jake and Peter discover that mountain boarding is one of the best free-ride sports around and find themselves in a complicated and dangerous situation while on a junior-guide training trip. Can they get their group down the rumbling volcanic mountain alive? This is the tenth and final book in the series.