Don't give up the fight - extract

„Hi, my name is Sean. Welcome to what I think, might be the worst day of my life, at least my life so far. You see I am only ten. What do I know? Maybe it will get worse, but for now, this is bad enough! You say, what could be so bad? Well I’ll tell you. I have to move, for one year, from Malibu, California to a place called Germany. But, here is the worst part; there is nowhere to surf!

I am doomed. A year stuck in a place with no ocean, no surf.
I think it was at dinner when my world ended, at least for the next year. One night at dinner, my father stopped the meal and said he had some wonderful news. We all listened with
anticipation because Dad was always doing interesting things. But from the first word, I knew I was doomed. I felt like I might explode. Dad explained that he had been made head of production of a big movie film being shot - Then it happened. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. We were to be moving to Germany for the next year. Dad said, „What do you think about that?“

I thought to myself: „Oh you don't want to know what I think about that! “ After dinner, Dad said, „Sean, you don't seem happy with this! What is the problem ?“. „Well, Dad, I just
looked Germany up on the Internet, and there is nowhere to surf. What will I do? I always thought that Germans travel to Malibu; nobody goes from Malibu to Germany.“ Dad laughed and said: „It will be O.K. You will adjust!". „I don't think so" I said. „I think I am being set up for some major damage“