![]() ![]() They may not have very much talent, but the All-Night Mermen prove to be way more than T.J. 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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