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Crutcher, Chris

Whale Talk

220 pp. | Greenwillow | April, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-688-18019-1 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-06-029369-1 $$15.89
(2) YA T.J., an exceptional athlete who has refused to play on the school teams, agrees to lead a start-up swim team only to buck the system by signing up every needy misfit he can find and ensuring that each will win a letterman's jacket. This book has lots of melodrama, but Crutcher knows his stuff, and he pumps adrenaline through the sports scenes while honestly acknowledging the personal struggles of his adolescent readers.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2001

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