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Swimmers, Take Your Marks!
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SOLVED: Children's/YA > SOLVED. A book from probably the 70s or 80s about a swim team. [s]

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message 1: by Annette (new)

Annette Hanson | 8 comments My mom read this book and told me about it. It's about this family who I think runs a hotel and they decide to start a swim team. Anyway, the oldest brother is the head coach and they only get a couple of kids. At the first meet one of the kids drops his goggles in the pool and jumps into get them, which isn't allowed. That's all I remember from what she told me. I'm not sure if anyone would know it because I think it's out of print.


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Kym | 1056 comments Swimmers, take your marks! by Nancy
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This story is about a family that leaves a stressful, overly scheduled life in Philadelphia to run a small motel in the Black Hills of South Dakota. As the story opens the children have no real friends in their new town. They're exploring the hills above their motel when Kip, a 9 year old, has an accident while climbing a tree. Their doctor recommends that he exercise his leg after it's healed, so Kip, Clarity (10) and Joe (16) look into swimming, but the Black Hills Sports Arena only has time for them if they belong to a swim team. That's when Claraty, the crazy sister, comes up with the idea of forming their own team with Joe as their coach. They gather a motley crew of kids from their area and start a swim team. The plot takes them from an unmotivated bunch of individuals out to get some pool time to when they take on the Granite Swim Team at the region's swim meet...


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Kris | 54882 comments Mod
Annette, I notice your request is marked Solved. Can you confirm in a post if Swimmers, take your marks! is your book?


message 4: by Annette (new)

Annette Hanson | 8 comments Kris wrote: "Annette, I notice your request is marked Solved. Can you confirm in a post if Swimmers, take your marks! is your book?"
Yeah it was.


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