The snowboarding competition is stiff, and rivals Tony and Jack don’t like each other on or off the halfpipe.  But when they are caught in an avalanche, they have to rely on each other’s skill to survive.  This graphic novel from Sports Illustrated Kids will likely be popular.  The color, paper, and binding are of high quality and should stand up to heavy use.  One plot hole, though, seems to put our two heroes out-of-bounds at the ski resort (although they are ostensibly competing, there are not spectators or judges).  SI Kids would have done well to include a discussion in the afterword regarding safety on the mountain.