He recruits some of the biggest misfits at Cutter High to form a swim team. When he sees a member of the wrestling team threatening an underclassman, T.J. Jones hates the blatant preferential treatment jocks receive at his high school, and the reverence paid to the varsity lettermen.
The thread of truth in his fiction reminds us that heroes can come in any shape, color, ability or size, and friendship can bridge nearly any divide.”- Washington Post "Crutcher's superior gifts as a storyteller and his background as a working therapist combine to make magic in Whale Talk.
Bestselling author Chris Crutcher’s controversial and acclaimed novel follows a group of outcasts as they take on inequality and injustice in their high school. The good news is that only one of them can swim anyway. The bad news is that they don't have a pool. There's bad news and good news about the Cutter High School swim team. “A truly exceptional book.” -Washington Post
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