Mop Rides the Waves of Life

This book was really good. I like reading books that talk about feelings and emotions. This book shows Mop dealing with the frustrations at school and at home but all the things that get to him are left behind when he is at the beach and his mom tells him that he can learn to surf too. She then begins to show him how to breathe in and out and let the bad things out and ride good things like the waves when he surfs. I was able to relate to Mop because I have some of the same frustrations as he does. It seems like nothing goes right and everything is just a bust. I like how his mom told him that he can learn to ride the waves of life. We can use the thing that we love the most to escape all of the bad days that we are having. He used surfing and I can use basketball or reading. That’s really cool.