Swim Team

by Johnnie Christmas

Other authorsJohnnie Christmas (Illustrator)
Paperback, 2022

Status

Checked out
Due 5/1/2024

Call number

FIC Christmas

Description

"Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help"--

Publication

HarperAlley (2022), 256 pages

Awards

National Book Award (Longlist — Young People's Literature — 2022)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2024)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2024)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2024)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2024)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — Graphic Novel — 2024)
Coretta Scott King Award (Honor — 2023)
Silver Birch Fiction Award (Honour Book — 2023)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — 2024)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Middle Readers — 2024)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2024)
Lectio Book Award (Nominee — 2024)
YouPer Award (Top Ten — 2023)
CYBILS Awards (Finalist — 2022)
BCALA Children & Young Adult Literary Awards (Winner — Graphic Novel — 2023)
Yellowhammer Book Awards (Top Ten — Middle Grade — 2023)
Children's Favorites Awards (Selection — 2023)
New York Public Library Best Books: For Kids (Top Ten — Graphic Novels — 2022)
Nerdy Book Award (Graphic Novels — 2022)
Project LIT Book Selection (Middle Grade — 2024)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2022)
MISelf in Books (Middle School — 2023)
CPS Battle of the Books (Grades 4-6 — 2024)

Language

Physical description

256 p.; 9 inches

ISBN

0063056763 / 9780063056763

Barcode

4793
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