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Skate for Your Life

Name: Skate for Your Life
Price: 6.99 USD
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Author: Leo Baker
ISBN: 9780593223505

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Published on Jun 01, 2021 | 64 Pages

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Published on Jun 01, 2021 | 64 Pages

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Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us.

“Wow! Leo’s vulnerability and authenticity allowed me to experience his pain and triumph. A great testament to the positive power of skateboarding and the dangers of gender.” –Elissa Steamer (skateboarding pioneer)

“In Skate for Your Life, Leo Baker invites us on the intimate journey toward self-realization. Leo’s deep passion for skateboarding is beautifully communicated while bringing to light the difficult reality of breaking the mold on a public stage. This book synthesizes what so many LGBTQIA people can relate to–the lifelong journey of seeking out spaces where we fit in, and when we don’t find them, making new ones.” –JD Samson (musician, producer, and songwriter)

In this moving, personal story, professional skateboarder Leo Baker shares their journey within the sport and the importance of authenticity and allyship as a non-binary athlete.

Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today’s leading activists and artists.

“Your authenticity is your superpower.” That’s the motto that professional skateboarder Leo Baker lives by and champions. But like any hero’s journey, learning about their power didn’t come easy. In this installment of the Pocket Change Collective, Baker takes the reader on a complicated, powerful journey through the world of skate and competitive sport as a non-binary athlete.

ISBN9780593223505

Published onJun 01, 2021

Published byPenguin Workshop

Pages64

Age Range12 and up

GradeGrade 7 & Up

Reading LevelLexile: 890L | Fountas/Pinnell: Z+

Illustrator

Ashley Lukashevsky

Ashley Lukashevsky is an illustrator and visual artist born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, currently based in Los Angeles. Ashley uses illustration and art as tools to strengthen social movements against systemic racism, sexism, and anti-immigrant policy. She aims to tear down these systems of oppression through first envisioning and drawing a world without them.Her clients include Refinery29, Broadly, The Washington Post, Planned Parenthood, Girls Who Code, GOOD Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, ACLU, Red Bull, Snapchat, Air Jordan, and Logo TV.

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