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Caterpillars can't swim

Shaw, Liane 1959- (author.).

Summary: For sixteen-year-old Ryan, the water is where he finds his freedom. Every since childhood, when he realized that he would never walk like other people, he has loved the water where gravity is no longer his enemy. but he never imagined he would become his small town's hero by rescuing a schoolmate from drowning. Jack is also attracted to the water, but for him it promises permanent escape. Disappearing altogether seems better than living through one more day of high school where he is dogged by rumors about his sexuality. Ryan saves Jacks's life, but he also keeps his secret. Is it true that by saving someone's life, you become responsible for him?

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  • ISBN: 9781772600537 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    246 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto : Second Story Press, 2017.
Subject: Friendship -- Fiction
Teenagers -- Fiction
Swimmers -- Fiction
Homosexuality -- Fiction
Bullying -- Fiction
Young adult fiction

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  • 5 of 5 copies available at Sitka.

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Castlegar Public Library Y FIC SHA (Text) 35146002091007 Young Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Valemount Public Library j sha (Text) 35194014269062 Junior fiction Volume hold Available -
Erickson YA F SHA (Text) 35419002952704 Young Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Quesnel Branch SHA (Text) 33923006146678 Young Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Trail and District Public Library Main Branch YA SHA (Text) 35110001088117 Young Adult Volume hold Available -

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    When wheelchair-bound Ryan saves Jack from drowning, he discovers that Jack may be turning to suicide to avoid coming out as gay to their small town.
  • Orca Book Publishers
    For sixteen-year-old Ryan, the water is where he finds freedom from his wheelchair. But he never imagined he would become his small town's hero by saving his schoolmate, Jack, from drowning. For Jack, disappearing into the river seemed better than living through one more day of high school, where he is dogged by rumors about being gay. When Ryan invites Jack on a trip to Comic Con with his best friend Cody, the captain of the swim team, the three boys make an unlikely combination. This trip will give them the chance to go against the stereotypes the world wants to define them by.
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