Crutcher, Chris. <br/><br/>
Whale talk / 
by Chris Crutcher. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Waterville, Me :  Thorndike Press,  c2001. 
 - 317 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, A multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students. 
<br/><br/> Ages 12 and up. 
<br/><br/><br/>Lexile: 1000. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0786277874 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sports--Fiction.<br/>Swimming--Fiction.<br/>High schools--Fiction.<br/>Schools--Fiction.