Whale talk
By: Chris Crutcher
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Laurel-leaf books
Publisher: Dell Laurel-Leaf
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780440229384
Subjects: High school athletes; Juvenile fiction; Sports; Racially mixed people; Adoption; High schools; Schools; Fiction; Swimming
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 can bring lifelong heartache.