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2) Jabari jumps
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly...
Author
Series
Stink Moody volume 8
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Stink may be super smart and Stink may be uber-clever, but he's been in Polliwog swim class for what seems like frog-ever and still can't bear to put his face in the water
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Beneath the surface of Lake Michigan there are vast systems: crosscutting currents, sudden drop-offs, depths of absolute darkness, shipwrecked bodies, hidden places. Peter Rock's stunning auto-biographical novel begins in the 90s on the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin, where the narrator, a man recently graduated from college, and a young widow, Mrs. Abel, swim together at night, making their way across miles of open water, navigating the currents and...
6) Whale talk
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
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
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this extraordinary book, the world’s most extraordinary distance swimmer writes about her emotional and spiritual need to swim and about the almost mystical act of swimming itself.
Lynne Cox trained hard from age nine, working with an Olympic coach, swimming five to twelve miles each day in the Pacific. At age eleven, she swam even when hail made the water “like cold tapioca pudding”...
Lynne Cox trained hard from age nine, working with an Olympic coach, swimming five to twelve miles each day in the Pacific. At age eleven, she swam even when hail made the water “like cold tapioca pudding”...
8) Stotan!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
A high school coach invites members of his swimming team to a memorable week of rigorous training that tests their moral fiber as well as their physical stamina
10) Unsettled
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
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.
11) Why we swim
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Language
English
Description
"Bonnie Tsui looks at our love affair with the water, from evolution to mythology, from survival and well-being, from community swim clubs to competitive races, and she goes around the world to explore its significance in many cultures"--
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Tony Fingleton, a young man from a troubled family. He lives In the shadow of an abusive father, but Tony finds the inner strength to become a swimming champion. Always overshadowed in his father's eyes by his brothers, it is only when Tony displays an extraordingary swimming talent that he feels he has a shot at winning his father's heart.
14) Leo can swim
Author
Series
Leo (Anna McQuinn) volume 2
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Baby Leo loves the water, so his father takes him to swim class with the other toddlers.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
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.
17) Swim the fly
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Matt and his two best friends Sean and Coop, the least athletic swimmers on the local swim team, find their much anticipated summer vacation bringing them nothing but trouble with unsucessful schemes to see a live naked girl and with Matt, eager to impress the swim team's "hot" new girl, agreeing to swim the 100-yard butterfly.
18) The guardian
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
An aging United States Coast Guard rescue swimmer's team is killed in a horrific rescue mission. Just prior to this same mission his wife announces that she cannot take anymore. This leaves him an emotional wreck. His commander gives him a choice - quit or take a position as an instructor at the USCG training facility in Louisiana. Reluctantly he takes the position and moves into the school. Once there he immediately increases the 18 week curriculum...
19) Ice mother
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Czech
Description
After her husband's death, Hana lives on alone in the family villa. Her two sons visit her with their families, but these visits frequently end in quarrels. When Hana meets Brona, a hardy fellow, inured to winter swimming, a new world opens before her. Brona's teammates absorb her into their team and Hana gradually learns to overcome her fear of icy water.
Author
Series
Squish volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
At swim camp, Squish's new friend Basil helps him avoid learning to swim with pranks that sometimes go too far, but the comic book exploits of Squish's idol, "Super Amoeba," help him deal with Basil and conquer his fear
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