There's bad news and good news about the Cutter High School swim team. The bad news is that they don't have a pool. The good news is that only one of them can swim anyway. A group of misfits brought together by T.J. Jones (the J is redundant), the Cutter All Night Mermen struggle to find their places in a school that has no place for them. T.J. is convinced that a varsity letter jacket - unattainable for most, exclusive, revered, the symbol (as far as T.J. is concerned) of all that is screwed up at Cutter High - will be an effective tool. He's right. He's also wrong. Still, it's always the quest that counts. And the bus on which the Mermen travel to swim meets soon becmoes the space where they gradually allow themselves to talk, to fit, to grow. Together they'll fight for dignity in a world where tragedy and comedy dance side by side, where a moment's inattention can bring lifelong heartache, and where true acceptance is the only prescription for what ails us.

Whale Talk (Follett Bound)

Teen & Young Adult

Chris Crutcher

Literature & Fiction

Laurel Leaf Follett Bound

King Of The Mild Frontier

HarperTempest

Chinese Handcuffs (Horizons)

Children's Books

Pan Childrens

Do you know:  A good reason to be phobic about oysters and olives?  How shutting your mouth can help you avoid brain surgery?  How to survive in the winter wilderness with only a fishing pole and a sausage?

King of the Mild Frontier: An Ill-Advised Autobiography (Greenwillow Books (Prebound))

Perfection Learning

Eddie hasn't had an easy year First his father dies. Then his best friend Billy accidentally kicks a stack of Sheetrock over on himself, breaking his neck and effectively hitting tilt on his Earthgame. Eddie and Billy were inseparable. Still are. Billy isn't going to let a little thing like death stop him from hanging in there with his friend. And when Eddie faces an epic struggle with the powers that be, Billy will remain right there beside him.

Sledding Hill

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

Sarah Byrnes and Eric have been friends for years. When they were children, his fat and her terrible scars made them both outcasts. Later, although swimming slimmed Eric, she stayed his closest friend.  Now Sarah Byrnes -- the smartest, toughest person Eric has ever known -- sits silent in a hospital. Eric must uncover the terrible secret she's hiding, before its dark currents pull them both under.

A New York Times Bestselling Author Recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Outstanding Literature for Young Adults Recipient of the ALAN Award for a Significant Contribution to Adolescent Literature An ALA Best Book for Young Adults There's bad news and good news about the Cutter High School swim team. The bad news is that they don't have a pool. The good news is that only one of them can swim anyway. Chris Crutcher is in top form with a cast of characters fighting for dignity in a world where tragedy and comedy dance side by side, where a moment's inattention can bring lifelong heartache, and where true acceptance is the only prescription for what ails us. 
 Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

Whale Talk

Sports & Outdoors

Thorndike Press

Billy Bartholomew has an audacious soul, and he knows it. Why? Because it's all he has left. He's dead. Eddie Proffit has an equally audacious soul, but he doesn't know it. He's still alive. These days, Billy and Eddie meet on the sledding hill, where they used to spend countless hours. The two were inseparable friends. They still are. And Billy is not about to let a little thing like death stop him from helping Eddie get his life back on track.  Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

The Literacy Bridge - Large Print - The Sledding Hill

Athletic Shorts

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Ironman

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