Getting Air

What will it take to make the council say yes to a skate park? Will it take a tragedy to bring the town together? Zac and Corey are best friends. They skateboard in deserted parking lots, along the streets, wherever they can, but without anywhere else to go, they get in trouble. Good girl Lauren Saxelby's been hanging around, filming the skaters for a competition she wants to enter. Suddenly everyone wants to use the video to convince the council to build a skate park. Corey's been sucked into the campaign, and he's hanging around Lauren far too much for Zac's liking. Zac's not ready for what is about to happen. Sometimes you just have to let things hit you in the guts, then find a way to get up again.

Debra Oswald is a writer for film, television, stage, radio, and children’s fiction. She is also the author of Blue Noise, and her children’s novels include Me and Barry Terrific, The Redback Leftovers, and The Return of the Baked Bean. Her best known play, Dags, has been performed in Britain and the United States.