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31 Aug, 2009

Review: Breathless

Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit

Bibliography: Warman, Jessica.  (2009). Breathless.  New York: Walker Books for Young Readers.  ISBN: 978-0802798497
Plot Summary:  Katie didn’t expect to like the boarding school, she didn’t want to be away from her older brother Will.  But it was great to be out of their little town, and nice to have a whole set off people, of [...]

28 May, 2009

Review: Swimming

Posted by: Susan In: Adult Lit

Bibliography:  Keegan, Nicola.  (July, 2009).  Swimming.  New York:  Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.  ISBN:  9780307269973
Philomena “Pip” was swimming almost from the moment she was born.  Restless and unsleeping, her parents took her to her first swimming lessons before she was a year old.  From that moment on, Pip knew she was born to swim.  No matter [...]

20 Feb, 2009

Review: Swim the Fly

Posted by: Susan In: Teen Lit

Bibliography:  Calame, Don. April, 2009. Swim the Fly.  Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.  ISBN:978-0763641573
Plot Summary:  15 year old Matt and his two best friends are excited about this summer.  Every year they set a new goal to reach, and this year its a doozy–to see a real-live naked girl even though none of them have ever [...]


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