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Fourteen-year-old Cam O’Mara is a dedicated skateboarder, and not at all interested in carrying on the family tradition of champion bull-riding. But when his older brother Ben comes back from a tour in Iraq partially paralyzed, Cam knows he needs to find a way to help out. So he does what any O’Mara would do—he enters a contest to ride Ugly, a monstrous, 1,600-pound bull whom no one’s ever ridden for the requisite eight seconds. Cam will need every ounce of his courage, strength, and self-belief, but if he succeeds, he’ll win $15,000—money that could help his depressed and rehabilitating brother pull his life back together.
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BULL RIDER by Suzanne Morgan Williams is the story of one family's test of loyalty and hope in the face of tremendous trials.
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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?
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andlt;Iandgt;All it takes is eight seconds . . . andlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;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 tricksand#8212;frontside flips, 360sand#8212;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?
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In this novel, Williams tells the story of one family's test of loyalty and hope in the face of tremendous trials.