swimmers

A biography of American swimmer Michael Phelps, who won eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Examines the life and career of Michael Phelps, discussing his childhood, family, struggle with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, career as a swimmer, Olympic performances, and other related topics.

An illustrated biography of Annette Kellerman, an early feminist who overcame a childhood illness to become internationally recognized for her swimming, invention of water ballet, and introduction of the modern swimsuit for women.

Rachel Lucas'sMy Box-Shaped Heart is a powerful YA novel about an unlikely friendship between two struggling teens--and how they come together to help one another. Holly's mom is a hoarder, and Holly is fed up with being picked on at school for being weird . . . and having the wrong clothes . . . and sticking out. All she wants is to fit in. She loves swimming, because in the water everyone is the same. Ed goes to the swimming pool because everything else in his life has changed. In his old life, he had money, was on the swim team, knew who he was and what he wanted. In his old life, his dad hit his mom. Holly is swimming in one direction and Ed's swimming in the other. As their worlds collide they find a window into each other's lives--and learn how to meet in the middle.

Memoir from swimmer Lynne Cox, who swam the English Channel at age fifteen and also swam for twenty-five minutes in water off the coast of Antarctica without a wetsuit. Discusses research done on Cox's unique abilities to endure freezing temperatures and her shocking diagnosis of atrial fibrillation that forced her to reconcile with her own mortality and physical frailty.

Former US Navy Lieutenant Brad Snyder shares his heroic journey from being blinded by an IED in Afghanistan to becoming a gold medalist in the Paralympics.

Profiles American Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky, who has set several international records and won medals at both the 2012 and 2016 games.

A biography of Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku, five-time Olympic swimming champion from the early 1900s who is also considered worldwide as the father of modern surfing.

After a young swimmer's dreams come to a screeching halt, she finds new, unlikely (boy) friends and a side of herself that she didn't know existed.

Andy, a talented swimmer, earns a trip to nationals but finds himself banned from the competition after a video of him pranking a female swimmer goes viral, leaving him to figure out how to get his life back on track.