In the end, write it down.
An edition of Whale Talk
(2001)
Whale talk
1st ed.
by Chris Crutcher
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Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students. The Cutter All Night Mermen, a group of seven misfits who are members of a makeshift swim team, come together to challenge their high school's sports culture and fight for dignity in a world where a moment's inattention can bring lifelong heartache.
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Children's fiction, Swimming, fiction, Schools, fiction, Sports, fiction, Fiction, High schools, Schools, Sports, Swimming, Racially mixed people, Adoption, Juvenile Fiction, Large type books, High school athletes, School sports, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Sports stories, Racially mixed people, fiction, Adoption, fiction, Literature and fiction, juvenileShowing 3 featured editions. View all 11 editions?
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A varsity letter jacket: it's exclusive, nearly unattainable, revered . . . and everything that's screwed up about Cutter High, as far as T. J. Jones is concerned. That's why T. J. is determined to have the Cutter All Night Mermen-the unlikeliest swim team a high school has ever seen-earn letter jackets of their own.It won't be easy. For one thing, they don't even have a pool. They will fight for their dignity, they will fight with each other, and sometimes they will just fight. And then they will realize that a single moment can bring lifelong heartache or lifelong friendship. For T. J. and his crew of misfits, the quest may be far more valuable than the reward.
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