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Whale Talk
By Crutcher, Chris
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68818-019-5
- Publisher
- New York : Greenwillow Books, c2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2001
Gr 8-Up T. J. Jones, the mixed-race, larger-than-life, heroic, first-person narrator of this novel, lays out the events of his senior year, with many digressions along the way. The central plot involves T. J.'s efforts to put together a swim team of misfits, as he tries to upset the balance of power at his central Washington high school, where jocks and the narrow-minded rule. However, a number of subplots deal with racism, child abuse, and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
