Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Gabriel allon, art restorer and spy, has been widely acclaimed as one of the most fascinating characters in the genre and now he is about to face the greatest challenge of his life. Do you approach narrating ya books differently than you might approach narrating other genres. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. See the complete swim the fly series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Kelly, the new girl on the team has caught matts eye. Seriously, where has this book been all my crass, dirtyminded life. Ep 45 mark mattson of swim drink fish by so fly podcast. Swim the fly audiobook free swim the fly free books. Trailer for swim the fly, by don calame, published by templar publishing on 1st june 2011. Every summer, the boys get together on the morning of their first day of summer swim team and set a goal. Free ebook pdf swim the fly do you want to download swim the fly book for free. Swim the fly was a breezy coming of age book about 15 year old boys.
All of the characters are enjoyable, and the narration of the different characters makes it even better. The story was always full of heart and i ended up cheering for matt all the way through. Every summer, the boys get together on the morning of their first day of summer swim team and set a. The so fly crew sits with mark mattson of swim drink fish. This clever and hilarious satire of the lord of the flies defies all expectations. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Listen to swim the fly by don calame available from rakuten kobo. Her friend andres padillo can fly high but then he can. This viscerally funny story of one boys attempt to impress his ladylove by finishing four laps of the dreaded butterfly stroke in a swim competition by summers end is sure to please fans of pete hautmans rash 2006 and randy powells three clams and an oyster 2002. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. What was one of the most memorable moments of the threeyear swim club.
Reading like a cross between fast times at ridgemont high and the karate kid, don calames swim the fly finds nerdy 15yearold matt gratton conspiring with his equally nerdy buddies, cooper and sean, to achieve their summer goal. We make him read for at least 30 minutes and when that time is up, he is done. What made the experience of listening to swim the fly the most enjoyable. While the first book by calame was narrated by matt, beat the band has coops tale to tell. Written by don calame, audiobook narrated by nick podehl. Im pretty sure swim the fly was first brought to my attention a year or so ago when someone posted a link about the author and how popular he and his book was at some middle school. Swim the fly and beat the band audiobooks have been chosen as ala amazing audiobooks for 2011. Swim the fly audiobook by don calame 9781441890511. Don calame, nick podehl, candlewick on brilliance audio. Dr kay scarpetta has left virginia in quest of peace but instead finds herself drawn into baffling, horrific murders in florida, where she becomes entangled in an international conspiracy that confronts her with the shock of her life. Friends, i am kind of laughing as i write this, just remembering what happens in swim the fly.
Read swim the fly by don calame available from rakuten kobo. It is laughoutloud hilarious, and you can empathise with all the situations that teenage boys get into. Swim the fly and millions of other books are available for instant access. The narrator, nick podehl, did a brilliant job on this audiobook. Hes championed the act of taking matters into ones own hands, and worked to make some big, lasting changes in the province. Swim the fly is a funny, cute novel about three best friends on a mission to see a girl in the buff. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. Stereotypical boys, objectified girls, no redeeming message. We again went with the actual book and then downloaded the audio and he follows along with the audio works great for kids with comprehension issues. Brilliance audio firm fifteenyearold matt gratton and his two best friends, coop and sean, always set themselves a summertime goal.
The audiobook version of this title is particularly wonderful, too. Beat the band isnt exactly a sequel to swim the fly, but it does have the same characters. We use cookies and other technologies to analyze site traffic, understand patterns of use, and improve your browsing experience. Don calame is the author of the young adult novels swim the fly, beat the band, and dan versus nature. At dragon haven, nory, andres, and their udm classmates get to swim with dragons, fly with dragons, and feed dragons. I would say the characters in a ya title usually give me the ability to be more fun or off the wall than would another genre of audio book. Then you need to read swim the fly by don calame, or even better, listen to the audiobook. Swim the fly is my favourite of calames trilogy about the three best friends, and i have read them all. Fifteenyearold matt gratton and his two best friends, coop and sean, always set themselves a summertime goal. To ask other readers questions about swim the fly, please sign up. The threeyear swim club audiobook by julie checkoway. Mark has been fighting to restore and protect ontarios water for years. Anyways, all three guys are on the swim team and are the very worst swimmers on the team. In this superb work of literary true crimea spellbinding combination of memoir and psychological suspensea female journalist chronicles her unusual connection with a convicted serial killer and her search to understand the darkness inside us.
But catching a girl in the buff starts to look easy compared to matts other. In addition to the almost incontinencecausing hilarity, this book is true to life, capturing the awkward, sometimes mortifying experience of being an adolescent, while entertaining with brilliant characters, snappy dialogue and a. He is also an accomplished screenwriter who has worked with marvel studios, the disney channel, lionsgate, universal studios, and paramount pictures. It made me laugh, but also cringe at some of the situations matt and his buddies got into that summer. The swim the fly book series by don calame includes books swim the fly, beat the band, and call the shots. Issued on playaway, a dedicated audio media player. It may be young for a high school audience but we have to remember that students are at different levels of their development at this stage.
Emergent readers learn how some living things move in water, in air, and on land. Encyclopedia britannica, emergent readers learn how some living things move in water, in air, and on land. Once i heard about calames second book i had to have it. Now in paperback three adolescent boys with a single goal. Lundgren author britannica digital learning editor. Swim the fly by don calame read by nick podehl audiobook.
If you have a crass sense of humor and laughed hysterically at superbad, the 40 year old virgin and anchorman, you will absolutely not want to miss swim the fly by don calame. His first night with swim the fly he read for an hour and a half without us making him. Audiofile spoke with narrator nick podehl about the earphones awardwinning ya title swim the fly and his other audiobook work af. To see a reallive naked girl for the first timequite a challenge.
Like all great comedies, swim the fly transcends funniness. High school swimmer matt gratton attempts to impress his smokinghot teammate kelly by volunteering for the hundredyard butterfly. Theyre unique because calame isnt afraid to show the guys as they are, even with their flaws, swearing, and various bodily excretions. Audiofile magazine spotlight on narrator nick podehl. Its mostly about friendship, but youll find some girls and swimming in there too. It is laughoutloud hilarious, and you can empathise with all. Im sure my wife will be getting a call from my film agent when she reads this. To see a reallive naked girl for the first timequite a challenge, given that none of the guys has the nerve to even ask a girl out on a date. In addition to the pact he makes with his best friends to see a naked girl by the end of summer, matt gratton sets himself the goal of impressing the star of the swim team, kelly west, by swimming. Swim the fly is the funniest book ive read for a long time, and one of only a handful to make me laugh without being able to stop. Primary year d quarter 2 episode 12 swim, climb, fly. Run, swim, fly by julie lundgren overdrive rakuten. Run, swim, fly my science library k1 by julie lundgren.