From School Library Journal

Grade 7 Up–Angie Simms, 18, is one tough "SK8R GRRRL." Her talent and her ambition to go to the Philadelphia Art Institute set her apart from the other mill-brats in Torren, PA, the "terry cloth capital of the world." Her friends don't understand her, and neither do her parents. Only Aunt Dodo and her boss at Sk8 4Ever realize why Angie burns to leave. The haves and have-nots are clearly segregated in this community and when Carter Morgan III, grandson of the ruthless mill owner, meets Angie, all the unspoken rules are broken and she finds her loyalties and preconceptions upended. First love, class struggles, betrayal, and disaster ensue. It takes all of Angie's strong character, and some help from her true friends, to disentangle the nasty web woven around the renegade teen skateboarders, their hopes and dreams, and the chance to build a skate park in town. Krulik has drawn a dark, strong heroine in Angie, who is determined not to succumb to the inevitable drudgery of an isolated manufacturing town. The author does a good job of creating the setting, mood, and action, and she doesn't skimp on characterizations in this edgy novel.–Roxanne Myers Spencer, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green

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