![]() ![]() ![]() Readers will enjoy his quick wit and appreciate his empathy. The story is told in the first person from T.J.’s point of view. The team eventually becomes a family, a place to share their tragic backstories and offer each other consolation. Simet and Icko, a homeless man who sleeps at the gym where they practice, help morph this group of outcasts into a real team. There is no pool at Cutter, and they have to travel to every swim meet. What the team lacks in skill they make up for in motivation. ![]() forms an idea: a swim team full of high school rejects earning the right to wear letter jackets at school. After witnessing a mentally handicapped student get bullied for wearing his dead brother’s letter jacket, T.J. He wants nothing to do with sports until his English teacher, Mr. He thinks the jocks and their letter jackets are over-glorified, and that the school favors them. is a Cutter High School senior who despises school sports. ![]()
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