Learning to Swim
by Cheryl Klam

    LEARNING TO SWIM by Cheryl Klam
    Category:  Contemporary
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  4/10/07
    Publisher:  Delacorte
    Reviewed by:  Amanda Dissinger
    Rating:  4 Stars


    Steffie Rogers’ life is a mess. Her lovestruck mother moves her every time a relationship goes bad, and she has a
    less-than-amazing summer job as a maid at a Country Club.

    There is one bright spot though: a hot lifeguard named Keith McKnight, who Steffie is obsessed with. However,
    Keith’s got a snooty, fake girlfriend who he’s practically in love with, and he doesn’t even know that Steffie exists.
    Things cannot get any worse for her.

    However, it all changes one day when a near fatal accident brings Keith and Steffie together. She suddenly finds
    herself spending more and more time with him, and developing the love-loony symptoms of her crazy mother. Will
    love lunacy get the best of her? Or can she conquer the madness before it takes over?

    LEARNING TO SWIM is a very cute book with outrageous characters and funny dialogue. Readers will definitely
    identify with Steffie’s parental problems, and her unrequited love. LEARNING TO SWIM is a great beach book;
    exciting, and very entertaining to read. It will be a hit among readers who are looking for a little adventure in their
    lives this summer, and want to read a sweet, different story with a little spunk… and swimming.