NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this extraordinary book, the world’s most extraordinary distance swimmer writes about her emotional and spiritual need to swim and about the almost mystical act of swimming itself.
Lynne Cox trained hard from age nine, working with an Olympic coach, swimming five to twelve miles each day in the Pacific. At age eleven, she swam even when hail made the water “like cold tapioca pudding”...

Publisher Annotation: Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He?s finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he?s a great jumper, so he?s not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the...

Inspired by true events, sisters get trapped under the cover of a pool while it is closed for a long weekend. They find themselves at the mercy of the night janitor, a woman who sees the sisters as the solution to a few problems of her own.

Ally finally gets to spend time with her mother, who she rarely gets to see, and realizes they both really love to swim.

Publisher Annotation: Swimming lessons are on Saturdays, and every Saturday one little girl has a stomachache. When she gets to the pool it?s loud, the floor is wet and slippery, and her swim cap is too tight. Her swimming instructor, Mary, says it?s OK to sit by the edge if she doesn?t want to get in the water this week. The next Saturday the girl has a stomachache again, but with Mary?s gentle encouragement, she eventually manages to make it into...

Sophie Mouse wants to prove how wonderful mice are for a school project she is doing with her brother, Winston, but starts to have doubts when, even with Hattie and Owen's help, she is unable to learn to swim.