School Library Journal Best of the Best in YA Literature

ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults

About the Book

Stotan: A cross between a Stoic and a Spartin

It's the last swimming season for Walker, Nortie, Lion, and Jeff, and their coach is building their self-discipline in a grueling four-hour-a-day test of stamina designed to bring them to the outer edge of their capabilities.

As it turns out, Stotan Week is also the week in which secrets are revealed, and the four friends must draw upon their new strengths for an endurance they never knew they'd need.

Resources

• Teaching Guide
• Sample Embed

Product Details

• ISBN: 9780060094928
• ISBN 10: 0060094923
• Imprint: Greenwillow Books
• On Sale: 04/01/2003
• Pages: 272
• List Price:12.50 CAD
• BISAC1 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Water Sports
• BISAC2 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Physical & Emotional Abuse (see also Social Themes / Sexual Abuse)
• BISAC3 : YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship

Chris Crutcher

Biography

Chris Crutcher has written nine critically acclaimed novels, an autobiography, and two collections of short stories. Drawing on his experience as a family therapist and child protection specialist, Crutcher writes honestly about real issues facing teenagers today: making it through school, competing in sports, handling rejection and failure, and dealing with parents. He has won three lifetime achievement awards for the body of his work: the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the ALAN Award, and the NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award. Chris Crutcher lives in Spokane, Washington.

Other Works by Chris Crutcher

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  Losers Bracket

  By Chris Crutcher

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  Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

  By Chris Crutcher

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  Taking Aim

  By Chris Crutcher