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1) Jabari jumps
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After Jabari completes his swimming lessons and passes his swim test, he's ready to jump off the diving board--well, very nearly ready. He just needs to work up his courage first.
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With most of her friends away, Sunny faces a long, hot, and boring summer until she helps out classmate Tony during a rush at the country club's pool snack shack and subsequently lands a job there. Through the days of serving bomb pops and perfecting her dealing-with-people skills, Sunny gets to know Tony and begins to like him as both a friend and maybe something more.
10) Swim team
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"Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school, Enith Brigitha, home to the Mighty Manatees--until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help"--
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When Emily's mom finally lets her take swimming lessons, the 12-year-old makes a startling discovery about her own identity, the mysterious father she's never met, and the thrilling possibilities and perils shimmering deep below the water's surface.
16) Unsettled
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Young Nurah reluctantly moves with her family from Karachi, Pakistan, to Peachtree City, Georgia, but, after some ups and downs, begins to feel at home.