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By Jaffe, Sara2015., Tin House Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT Edition: 1st US ed. 2015. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Julie's family life is routine and boring, and no one talks about her older brother, a one-time Olympic-hopeful swimmer who now lives in Berlin. Julie never considered joining the swim team, until Alexis, the girls' team captain, tries to recruit her. It's a dare, and a flirtation -- and a chance for Julie to find her brother, or to finally let him go"--Front flap.
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By Jaffe, Sara2015, Tin House Books Call No: 811 .6 Edition: First US edition Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "It's 1992, and the world is caught up in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the Balkan Wars, but for fifteen-year-old Julie Winter, the news is noise. In Portland, Oregon, Julie moves through her days in a series of negatives: the skaters she doesn't think are cute, the trinkets she doesn't buy at the craft fair, the umbrella she refuses to carry despite the incessant rain. Her family life is routine and restrained, and no one talks about Julie's older brother, a one-time Olympic-hopeful swimmer who now lives in self-imposed exile in Berlin. Julie has never considered swimming herself, until Alexis, the girls' swim team captain, tries to recruit her. It's a dare, and a flirtation--and a chance for Julie to find her brother, or to finally let him go. Anything could happen when her body hits water" --