recruits Chris (a strong swimmer), a one-legged swimmer, a drug-free bodybuilder, a genius, a swimmer who is overweight, and a swimmer who refuses to talk. T.J., who has been the target of racial taunts from football players Rich Marshall and Mike Barbour since he tried to stop Rich from killing a baby deer several years before, agrees to be the anchor and primary recruiter for the team after he witnesses these players bullying Chris Coughlin, a developmentally-challenged classmate, for wearing his deceased brother’s athletic letter jacket.Ĭonvinced that the creation of the swim team, which he names the Mermen, is the perfect chance to undercut the favoritism shown to athletes at Cutter High, T.J.
The inciting incident of the novel occurs when T.J., a skilled swimmer who refuses to participate in organized high school sports, agrees to help his English teacher, John Simet, recruit a swim team.
0 kommentar(er)
