Soul Surfer

I recently read the autobiography Soul Surfer written by Bethany Hamilton. It's about Bethany who lives in Hawaii with her family. She explores her passion of surfing each and every day. She places in  many competitions, and surfs all the time. One day she is with her best friend Alana, Alana's dad, and Alana's brother. One Halloween morning in Kauai, Hawaii Bethany is attacked by a shark and is rushed to the hospital. Her arm was severed off by the shark, and she know has to learn how to live with the challenge of having one arm. As she gets familiar with having one arm she wonders if she'll ever be able to surf again. She tries every single day and cant dive under the waves with her bord. Her dad manages to put a handle on her bord so that she can. She then becomes the surfer she was again, and isn't pulled back by anything. This book shows how something very tragic can happen yet one can still do everything if they put the effor into it. Although she had to make some adjustments to her life she still tried as hard as she could to pursue what she wanted to. Bethany has great determination, courage, and faith throughout the story.