Title of the Book: Soul Surfer
Author: Bethany Hamilton
Number of Pages: 222
Rating: ☆☆☆☆

Review: Could you ever imagine getting your arm bitten off by a tiger shark? Could you imagine the time it would take for rehab and recovery? Bethany Hamilton can, because it happened to her. This brave girl had her arm bitten off by a shark and still found a way to do what she loves, surfing.

This book starts off by Bethany explaining how much of an accomplishment writing this book was and what it meant to her. the book starts off when she was younger, growing up on the islands of Hawaii. She explains her whole back story and that of her parents. Bethany explains how her parents met and the love they fell into. From there, she recalls her earliest memories of surfing and how much of a prodigy she was at it. After all, she did get sponsored at the age of ten. Then comes the time where she explains the incident. Hamilton describes every aspect of the attack and her trip to the hospital. The surgery and recovery was a long and painstaking process, but she had a positive attitude throughout all of it. She persevered and didn't let a shark ruin her dreams.

There are a few things that make this book unique. the first thing is Bethany's ability to describe in detail the events that unfolded. It felt as if I was with her and saw it all happen. Another thing that makes this book unique is that anyone can follow the messages that Bethany is trying to portray across to her audience. One of the main messages was, no matter how tough a situation gets, you can always push through it. This is unique cause she stuck through with this message from the first page to the last page. Bethany's writing style was very clean and organized. There is a lot of slang terms in the surfing community, but she wrote the book for anyone reading it to understand. Her writing structure was very organized as well. Everything was in chronological order and she didn't add any unnecessary details. The first memorable moment from the book was w]right when she got attacked. Bethany didn't freak out at all, she just warned everyone that there was a shark and that she got attacked. Then she paddled with one arm all the way back to the shore. Another memorable moment was when she was describing when she got her first sponsorship. At the age of ten, Bethany got sponsored by a surfing company called RipCurl. This is a memorable moment because this sparked the flame of desire to continue pursuing surfing.

I would definitely recommend this book. If you are a person that enjoys being inspired to go out of your comfort zone and do something hard that you never thought you could, this book is perfect for you. All this book is about is overcoming obstacles to pursue your dreams. I would also recommend this book to any kid who wants to get started with surfing. This is because it shows how much dedication it could take to do this sport.