

Constructing new lives will involve taking some risks, but in time a ragtag community begins to rally around the struggling development.

Socko tries to make the best of a bad situation, hopping on his skateboard to explore the empty streets that are now his private domain. Nothing there is even remotely what Socko had imagined-Moon Ridge is a lonely wasteland of half-finished houses.

Socko hates to leave Damien behind, but he and his mom pack up their few belongings and move to Moon Ridge Estates. When Socko's great-grandfather suddenly offers to buy a house in the suburbs for all of them, Socko's mom jumps at the chance. It's summer vacation, and Socko and his best friend Damien are hanging around the Kludge apartments, taking care to avoid the local gang members. A move from an impoverished tenement to an unfinished suburban development turns thirteen-year-old Socko's world inside out.
