# Swim Team

**Author:** Johnnie Christmas
**Grade range:** Grades 3–7
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 2022
**Page count:** 251
**Genre:** Middle Grade Graphic Novel
**ISBN-13:** `9780063056770`
**ISBN-10:** `0063056771`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/swim-team
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

When Bree moves to Florida and the only elective with open seats is swimming, she has to confront a deep fear of the water — with coaching from an older neighbor who once swam competitively. Johnnie Christmas's Eisner-winning graphic novel threads the history of Black Americans and swimming into a grades 3-7 underdog sports story.

## Themes

- perseverance
- friendship
- race
- courage

## Where this book is assigned

### Battle of the Books (state reading programs)

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books 2025-2026 (Grades 3-5)](https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?lid=14871)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books 2025-2026 (Grades 3-5)](https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?lid=14871)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · North Carolina — [source: NCSLMA Elementary Battle of the Books 2025-2026 (Grades 3-5)](https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?lid=14871)

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