Author : Jay Argent
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 22,65 MB
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781508674047
Liam Green is a sixteen-year-old boy who has just moved to Fairmont with his family. On his first day in his new high school, he falls for Alex, a handsome jock on the swim team. Alex does not seem to be gay, but that does not end Liam's obsession with him. Fate pushes the boys together, and they become friends—until Liam's secret is revealed. Swimmer Boy is a story about friendship and the kind of love that is found in the most unlikely places.
Author : Jamie O'Neill
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 48,15 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0743222946
Two young men, Jim, the naive, scholarly son of a Dublin shopkeeper, and Doyler, a rough working boy, struggle with issues of political, religious, and sexual identity in the year leading up to the Easter uprising of 1916.
Author : Deb Lucke
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 2008-04-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0547533063
Electric, sherbet-y colors, uniquely comic characters, and a story line filled with high comedy mark this fabulous picture book by new talent Deb Lucke. Eric Dooley just won’t swim. If sweating in the hot summer sun while everyone else cools off in the pool isn’t bad enough, Eric’s younger sister is having the time of her life. When he sees her dog-paddling right across the middle of the pool, under his sunblock he’s positively green with envy. Not to mention sweaty. And irritated. But after the babies in the wading pool give him dirty looks for invading their territory, Eric finds a way to conquer his fears. And just like that he goes from being the boy who wouldn’t swim . . . to being the boy who won’t get out of the pool. Not even in October.
Author : Ian Davis
Publisher : Crown
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 44,68 MB
Release : 1999-09-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0761521674
Finally—A Pregnancy Book That Won't Put Men to Sleep My Boys Can Swim! tells real men everything they really want to know about pregnancy, such as: How much is it going to cost? Why does your wife primp before seeing her doctor when she hasn't put a stitch of make-up on for you in months? And, most important, what's it going to do to your sex life? This rollicking, laugh-out-loud book is for expectant dads in search of bottom-line pregnancy information, without all that boring touchy-feely stuff you find in those books written for women. Inside you'll discover helpful—and hilarious—information and insights on such topics as: The Maternity Wardrobe: "A key part of the maternity wardrobe is maternity underwear—parachute-like undies big enough to fit an NFL defensive lineman." Baby Names: "Don't give your kids mockable names like Thaddeus, which is Greek for 'I'm a dork and should be beaten up.'" The Birth: "No one told me it's normal that babies' heads can be misshapen at birth. I was convinced that my wife gave birth to Veldar, the conehead."
Author : Tom Gregory
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,81 MB
Release : 2019-06-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780141988757
**Winner of the William Hill 2018 Sports Book of the Year Award** A Sunday Times Book of the Year and Telegraph Best Book of 2018 'Extraordinary' Clare Balding The poignant, life-affirming story of a determined boy, a visionary coach, and how the dream of a record-breaking Channel swim became reality Eltham, South London. 1984: the hot fug of the swimming pool and the slow splashing of a boy learning to swim but not yet wanting to take his foot off the bottom. Fast-forward four years. Photographers and family wait on the shingle beach as a boy in a bright orange hat and grease-smeared goggles swims the last few metres from France to England. He has been in the water for twelve agonizing hours, encouraged at each stroke by his coach, John Bullet, who has become a second father. This is the story of a remarkable friendship between a coach and a boy, and a love letter to the intensity and freedom of childhood.
Author : Catherine Forde
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 39,29 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0440238919
Teased and abused for being grossly overweight, Jimmy, a fourteen-year-old Scottish boy who dreams mysterious dreams and secretly aspires to become a chef, decides to turn his self-loathing life around by learning how to swim.
Author : Adam Baron
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 22,98 MB
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0008267022
SELECTED AS WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE MONTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE AWARD A heart-breaking, heart-warming novel for everyone of 10 and older – this book will probably make you cry, and will definitely make you laugh.
Author : Wai Chim
Publisher : Scholastic Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 26,81 MB
Release : 2021-10-19
Category :
ISBN : 9781338656138
A powerful story of friendship, bravery, and a desperate bid for freedom, inspired by true events. Ming survived the famine that killed his parents during China's Great Leap Forward, and lives a hard but adequate life, working in the fields. When a group of city boys comes to the village as part of a Communist Party re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new arrivals. They're not used to hard labor and village life. But despite his reservations, Ming befriends a charming city boy called Li. The two couldn't be more different, but slowly they form a bond over evening swims and shared dreams. But as the bitterness of life under the Party begins to take its toll on both boys, they begin to imagine the impossible: freedom.
Author : Vahnessa Estien
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 30,83 MB
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781500914448
Teaching the importance of a child learning to swim and feeling safe and confident in the water. A child that knows what to do in a pool, or any body of water has a much better chance of surviving. Many children drown each year and many families suffer the pain of that loss.This book is written by a mother who lost her preciousdaughter and put her grief to work by stressing to allparents the importance of learning to swim. The boy in the story, Michael, who is infact her son, finds out learning to swim can have its challenges but he pullsthrough and experiences the joy and pride of beingsafe in the water and the fun of swimming.Vahnessa created the Solelila G. Estien Memorial SwimStrong Scholarship that awards swimming lessons tochildren and proceeds from this book help fund it.Her website www.the1650swimfoundation.org, helps spreadthat message.
Author : Jay Argent
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,70 MB
Release : 2015-06-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781514149584
Alex Wesley is a seventeen-year-old senior at Fairmont High School. He is a star jock and the captain of the swim team. Everything in his life seems perfect, except for one big secret: Alex has a boyfriend. In his efforts to keep his relationship hidden from his friends and family, Alex makes a mistake that changes everything and pushes him deeper into the closet. I am Not Gay is a story about fear and the kind of courage that is found in the most unlikely places.
