Skid is a young adult book marketed at young adults aged 16 and above.
The book follows the story of Sam who’s main dream in life is to live out her father’s dream of being a formula 1 racing driver. The problem is that everything is stacked against her from the start, can she get her foot through the door or should she just stay home with her family?
I found Skid to be a very interesting read both on the track and off it because it highlights a lot of the problems that still exist today with women trying to work in what are typically assumed to be masculine jobs – though it does go a little too extreme in places… I find it hard to believe that Formula 1 would allow girls and women to race with the men when even football has it’s own leagues for women, and to a degree, I’d have liked to have seen that picked up on a little better within the book.
I liked the way that the book picked up on the way that women working in a male dominant environment can sometimes be perceived as “sex objects” too – this is a problem I’ve heard about from many women currently working in this type of environment… and the fact that they are married doesn’t seem to go far in protecting them from this.
I would have liked to have seen the idea that the heroine was bi-sexual or a lesbian played out a little though, I feel it would have added a nice twist to the plot before she became too involved with Manny.
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