Swim the Fly [Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Don Calame (Author), Nick Podehl (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 13, 2010

Matt Gratton and his two best friends, Sean and Coop, always set themselves a summer-time goal. This year’s? To see a real-live naked girl for the first time. As far as Matt is concerned, they’d have better luck finding the lost city of Atlantis. But seeing a girl in the buff starts to seem like child’s play compared to the other summertime goal Matt sets for himself: to swim the 100-yard butterfly (the hardest stroke known to God or man) in order to impress Kelly West, the hot new girl. So what if he can’t manage a single lap, let alone four? He’s got the whole summer to perfect his technique. What could possibly go wrong? “Raunchy (but mildly so) hilarity ensues.” - People Magazine “Serves up jokes and gross-outs in the style of filmmakers like Judd Apatow. . . . Boys will probably love it. This one did.” — The New York Times Book Review “Hilariously raucous scenes stuff its pages.” - Los Angeles Times

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 8-10–Matt, Sean, and Coop are 15-year-olds who start the summer with a simple goal: see a real-live naked girl. Matt adds a second, more difficult goal for himself: swim the impossible 100-yard butterfly to impress his crush, Kelly. A comedy of errors ensues as the guys pursue their goals with utter determination and somewhat uncertain morals. Some of the situations that they get into require extreme suspension of disbelief, but they are accomplished with such hilarious results that it doesn't matter. Don Calame's debut novel (Candlewick, 2009) opens a door to the minds of teen males that is captivating and laugh-out-loud funny, perfectly capturing that tongue-tied, awkward stage of growing up. Nick Podehl is pitch-perfect as Matt, letting all his foibles shine through with impeccable timing. He gives all the characters distinct voices, switching effortlessly from Grandpa Arlo's slight quaver to Valerie's French accent to Ulf's Austrian tones. A popular addition to high school and public libraries, especially where a bridge is needed from the novels by Gordon Korman to more mature titles.Charli Osborne, Oxford Public Library, MI
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About the Author

Don Calame is an accomplished screen-writer who has worked with Marvel Studios and the Disney Channel, among others. About Swim the Fly, he says, “This novel began as a short piece I wrote several years ago about an incident that happened to me when I was a teenager on the swim team. (Yes, I have the collection of green fifth-place ribbons to prove it.) I tucked the story away and promptly forgot about it until my wife gently nudged me — thirty-six times — to expand it into a book. I’m grateful she was so persistent, because I’ve never had so much fun writing something in my life.” Don Calame was born in New York and now lives in British Columbia with his wife, his stepson, and their two dogs

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed; Library edition (April 13, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1441814906
• ISBN-13: 978-1441814906
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)