The Black Book: Stop, Don't Stop

"Jonah Black broke my heart"

-- Cecily Lachoy

"Dude's got integrity, and he dives like a king. He's my idol."

-- Woodrow "Wailer" Contrad

"Jonah Black cracked his skull open over a girl. You gotta admire a kid who does a thing like that."

-- Herman "Pops" Berman

"I love Jonah Black, and he has no clue who I am."

-- Northgirl

Back home in Florida, Jonah Black is stuck repeating eleventh grade at Don Shula High while his friends become seniors. It takes a rare kind of talent to land in a neck collar over a dive and still have half the girls in homeroom visiting your hospital bed.

Delivering orders for First Amendment Pizza leaves him way too much time to obsess over Posie Hoff, the surfing queen who happens to be dating his best friend. There is something undeniably stubborn about pedaling through town with a stack of pies while trying to figure out if your heart belongs to a surfer or an anonymous screen name on AOL.

Volume II reveals why Johan was expelled from boarding school -- but not why he did what he did, or just what that girl meant to him.
Friends to Lovers: A midnight boat cruise off Lighthouse Point and a surfing meet force Jonah to realize his longtime pal Posie is more than just a friend.Coming of Age: Nursing a ligamental neck injury doesn't stop Jonah from stepping back onto the high board to take on Ely High at the Broward All-County Swim Meet.Friendship: Thorne Wood boasts about personal ads and high-rolling investments, but his family's motel went bust and he spends weekends gutting fish aboard The Scrod.Also by This Author: The Black Book: Faster, Faster, Faster and The Black Book: Run, Jonah, Run.