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1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations |
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| Summary |
A young working-class teen fights to save his family's diner after his father is lost in a fishing-boat accident. When his dad goes missing in a fishing-boat accident, fourteen-year-old Jake refuses to think he may have lost his father forever. But suddenly, nothing seems certain in Jake's future, and now his family's diner may be repossessed by loan sharks. In Narragansett Bay, scrabbling out a living as a quahogger isn't easy, but with the help of some local clammers, Jake is determined to work hard and earn enough money to ensure his family's security and save the diner in time. Told with cinematic suspense and a true compassion for the characters, Swim That Rock is a fast-paced coming-of-age story that beautifully and evocatively captures the essence of coastal Rhode Island life, the struggles of blue-collar family dynamics, and the dreams of one boy to come into his own. |
| Audience |
750 Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.9 9 165798 |
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Accelerated Reader MG 4.9 9 165798 |
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Clinging to hope after his father goes missing in a fishing boat accident, fourteen-year-old Jake teams up with local quahoggers to raise money and save his family's diner from loan sharks. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Quahoging -- Fiction.
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Fishing -- Fiction.
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Missing persons -- Fiction.
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Diners (Restaurants) -- Fiction.
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Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction.
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Families -- Juvenile fiction.
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Quahoging -- Juvenile fiction.
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Families -- Fiction.
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Families. |
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Quahoging. |
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Rhode Island -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Electronic books. |
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Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Primiano, Jay, author.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Rocco, John. Swim that rock Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2014 9780763669058 (NjBwBT)bl2014011985 (OCoLC)853244528 |
| ISBN |
9780763672249 : $7.99 |
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0763672246 : $7.99 |
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