Swimming to Chicago by David-Matthew Barnes

His close friendship with the outspoken Jillian Dambro is his only saving grace, until he meets and falls in love with Robby LaMont-an introverted new student at school. As an Armenian-American living in a small Southern town, Alex struggles to fit in. As the year unfolds and the lives of the adults around them unravel, the three teens form an unbreakable bond, vowing to do anything to stay together-even if it means leaving everything behind.įinalist for the ALA's 2012 Rainbow Books! Reeling from his mother's suicide, seventeen-year-old Alex Bainbridge retreats from the world around him, o Finalist for the ALA's 2012 Rainbow Books! Reeling from his mother's suicide, seventeen-year-old Alex Bainbridge retreats from the world around him, often finding solace on a secluded island behind his house.

***Autographed Copies*** Finalist for the ALA's 2012 Rainbow Books! Reeling from his mother's suicide, seventeen-year-old Alex Bainbridge retreats fro ***Autographed Copies***įinalist for the ALA's 2012 Rainbow Books! Reeling from his mother's suicide, seventeen-year-old Alex Bainbridge retreats from the world around him, often finding solace on a secluded island behind his house.

Swimming to Chicago by David-Matthew Barnes