![]() I would recommend this book to 10th-12th grade readers, due to the heavy themes discussed in the book" T.J also find friends outside of his swim team that helps give him perspective about his own life. The seven-man swim team members Each of work together to help the bullied, Chris Coughlin. One of the members deals with brutal bullying. ![]() ![]() J who is an adopted 17 year old of black, white, Japanese decent, get a group of guys to join the swim team. Together they’ll fight for dignity in a world where tragedy and comedy dance side by side, where a moment’s inattention can bring lifelong heartache, and where true acceptance is the only prescription for what ails us. And the bus on which the Mermen travel to swim meets soon becomes the space where they gradually allow themselves to talk, to fit, to grow. Still, it’s always the quest that counts. is concerned) of all that is screwed up at Cutter High–will also be an effective tool. is convinced that a varsity letter jacket–exclusive, revered, the symbol (as far as T.J. Jones (the J is redundant), the Cutter All Night Mermen struggle to find their places in a school that has no place for them. A group of misfits brought together by T. 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. ![]()
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