Key:
^ Nonfiction
# Other: Poetry, Drama, etc.
*Grade levels are based on reviews from sources such as School Library Journal, Booklist, etc. They do not necessarily represent Alan’s views on grade level appropriateness.
Swimming
A Matter of Heart by Amy Fellner Dominy (Female Protagonist; Grades 9-12)
Anything but Ordinary by Lara Avery (Female Protagonist; Grades 8-12)
Born in Sin by Evelyn Coleman (Female Protagonist; Grades 8-11)
^ Breaking the Surface by Eric Marcus and Greg Louganis (LGBTQ, Multicultural)
Breathless by Jessica Warman (Female Protagonist)
Breathless by Pam Withers (Female Protagonist; Grades 8-12)
Haze by Erin Thomas (Hazing; Grades 5-9)
Heat by Michael Cadnum (Female Protagonist; Grades 6-8)
In Lane Three, Alex Archer by Tessa Duder (Female Protagonist)
Ironman by Chris Crutcher (Bullying, LGBTQ; Grades 9-12)
Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters (Female Protagonist, LGBTQ; Grades 9-12)
Period.8 by Chris Crutcher (Grades 8-12)
Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics by John Feinstein (Female Protagonist; Grades 6-8)
Spotting for Nellie by Pamela Lowell (Female Protagonist; Grades 7-10)
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher (Grades 7-12)
Stotan! by Chris Crutcher (Grades 9-12)
Swim the Fly by Don Calame (Grades 9-12)
^ Swimming to Antarctica by Lynne Cox (Female Protagonist)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth (Female Protagonist, LGBTQ; Grades 9-12)
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher (Bullying, Racism; Grades 7-12)
