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Whale Talk
Chris Crutcher

Whale Talk

Laurel Leaf (Dec 10, 2002)
9780440229384
| Paperback
224 pages | 107 x 173 mm | English

Genre

  • General Fiction
  • Sports
  • Teens
  • Young Adult

Subject

  • High School Athletes
  • High Schools/ Fiction
  • Sports/ Fiction
  • Swimming
  • Swimming/ Fiction

Plot

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.