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Stotan: A cross between a Stoic and a SpartinIt's the last swimming season for Walker, Nortie, Lion, and Jeff, and their coach is building their self-discipline in a grueling four-hour-a-day test of stamina designed to bring them to the outer edge of their capabilities.As it turns out, Stotan Week is also the week in which secrets are revealed, and the four friends must draw upon their new strengths for an endurance they never knew they'd need.
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Greenwillow Books; First Edition edition (April 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060094923
ISBN-13: 978-0060094928
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.5 x 7.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #532,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #18 in Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > Sports > Water Sports #57 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Exercise & Fitness > Swimming #202 in Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > Social & Family Issues > Physical & Emotional Abuse
As an educator I am always looking for some excellent young adult books to engage the readers in my classroom. Stotan! contains two of the elements that I look for when choosing a young adult book: a believable narrator students can connect to and plenty of exciting situations that teach students valuable lessons about life. The first important element in a young adult book is that the book must have an authentic adolescent narrator. Because these books are written by authors who are no longer in their teens, it is important that the author knows how to make the characters sound like real adolescents in order to connect with the reader. In this area, Stotan�s author Chris Crutcher excels. While reading the novel, I felt as if I was directly plugged into the thoughts of the narrator of the story, a high-school swimming captain named Walker. During the novel, I got to experience Walker�s reactions and feelings about his wish to make his senior year at high school a memorable one, his ambivalence about girlfriends and his dating struggles, his secret passion for a female swimmer and his emotional connections to his four best friends. Another important element of Stotan! is that the book contains exciting events that teach valuable lessons. Stotan! follows the experiences of four best friends who are members of the Frost High School swimming team. The novel begins in November of their senior year when they are introduced to the concept of being both a Stoic and a Spartan, or �Stotan,� and ending with the last swimming meet of their high school career. During this time these friends undergo grueling tests of both physical and emotion endurance.
Stotan!
