The Resource The swim : a novel about friendship and the longest swim in the world, by Jens F. Colting
The swim : a novel about friendship and the longest swim in the world, by Jens F. Colting
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- Summary
- When wheelchair bound Goliath befriends the giant and disfigured boy named Tiny, who lives at the community swimming pool, the two outsiders form a friendship so strong that a hundred horses couldn't tear them apart. When Goliath's health suddenly deteriorates they hatch a plan in order to get him the treatment to save his life: They will swim across the Atlantic Ocean. Well, Tiny will swim while Goliath's mom and a friendly fisherman named Kurt follows along on a ship. As they set out in an attempt to cross the unknown, battling storms and high seas, ocean predators and whale hunters alike, this epic adventure about the longest swim in the world puts the word friend in ship
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The swim : a novel about friendship and the longest swim in the world
- Title
- The swim
- Title remainder
- a novel about friendship and the longest swim in the world
- Statement of responsibility
- by Jens F. Colting
- Subject
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- Duchenne muscular dystrophy -- Patients -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Long distance swimming -- Juvenile fiction
- Children with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction
- World records -- Juvenile fiction
- trueYoung adult fiction
- Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
- Disfigured persons -- Juvenile fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- When wheelchair bound Goliath befriends the giant and disfigured boy named Tiny, who lives at the community swimming pool, the two outsiders form a friendship so strong that a hundred horses couldn't tear them apart. When Goliath's health suddenly deteriorates they hatch a plan in order to get him the treatment to save his life: They will swim across the Atlantic Ocean. Well, Tiny will swim while Goliath's mom and a friendly fisherman named Kurt follows along on a ship. As they set out in an attempt to cross the unknown, battling storms and high seas, ocean predators and whale hunters alike, this epic adventure about the longest swim in the world puts the word friend in ship
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Colting, Jens F
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Children with disabilities
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Disfigured persons
- Friendship
- Long distance swimming
- Teenage boys
- World records
- Young adult fiction
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- The swim : a novel about friendship and the longest swim in the world, by Jens F. Colting
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 243 pages
- Isbn
- 9780998820552
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- The swim : a novel about friendship and the longest swim in the world, by Jens F. Colting
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 243 pages
- Isbn
- 9780998820552
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
Subject
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy -- Patients -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Long distance swimming -- Juvenile fiction
- Children with disabilities -- Juvenile fiction
- World records -- Juvenile fiction
- trueYoung adult fiction
- Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
- Disfigured persons -- Juvenile fiction
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