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Author
Series
Alice McKinley. Main series volume 7
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The summer before eighth grade, Alice tries to confront her fears, not the least of which is a fear of deep water.
Author
Series
Adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Sophie Mouse wants to prove how wonderful mice are for a school project she is doing with her brother, Winston, but starts to have doubts when, even with Hattie and Owen's help, she is unable to learn to swim." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 1
Language
English
Description
After finally convincing her mother that she should take swimming lessons, twelve-year-old Emily discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself that opens up a whole new world.
9) Up for air
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Learning disabilities make school painful for Annabelle, thirteen, but a summer of swimming with the high school team is fantastic until a prank goes wrong, spoiling everything.
10) Whale talk
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
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...
11) Unsettled
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Young Nurah reluctantly moves with her family from Karachi, Pakistan, to Peachtree City, Georgia, but, after some ups and downs, begins to feel at home.
12) Freedom swimmer
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Description
"Ming survived the famine that killed his parents during China's "Great Leap Forward", and lives a hard but adequate life, working in the fields. When a group of city boys comes to the village as part of a Communist Party re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new arrivals...But despite his reservations, Ming befriends a charming city boy called Li. The two couldn't be more different, but slowly they form a bond...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Kasienka and her mother have immigrated to Coventry, England from Poland, searching for Kasienka's father, but everyone is unfriendly except for an African neighbor and a boy Kasienka meets at the swimming pool, which is her only refuge from an alien society.
19) Me too!
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The only time Grace can get away from her little sister, who copies her every move, is when she goes to swimming class.
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