Swim the Fly, Don Calame
Swim the Fly, Don Calame
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Swim the Fly

Author: Don Calame

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 7 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/14/2010

Synopsis

Three adolescent boys with a single goal: see a real live naked girl. The result? Razor-sharp, rapid-fire, and raunchy, of course. And beyond hilarious.Fifteen-year-old Matt Gratton and his two best friends, Coop and Sean, always set themselves a summertime goal. This year's? To see a real-live naked girl for the first time—quite a challenge, given that none of the guys has the nerve to even ask a girl out on a date. But catching a girl in the buff starts to look easy compared to Matt's other summertime aspiration: to swim the 100-yard butterfly (the hardest stroke known to God or man) as a way to impress Kelly West, the sizzling new star of the swim team. In the spirit of Hollywood's blockbuster comedies, screenwriter-turned-YA-novelist Don Calame unleashes a true ode to the adolescent male: characters who are side-splittingly funny, sometimes crude, yet always full of heart.

About Don Calame

Don Calame is an accomplished screen-writer who has worked with Marvel Studios and the Disney Channel, among others. About Swim the Fly, he says, “This novel began as a short piece I wrote several years ago about an incident that happened to me when I was a teenager on the swim team. (Yes, I have the collection of green fifth-place ribbons to prove it.) I tucked the story away and promptly forgot about it until my wife gently nudged me — thirty-six times — to expand it into a book. I’m grateful she was so persistent, because I’ve never had so much fun writing something in my life.” Don Calame was born in New York and now lives in British Columbia with his wife, his stepson, and their two dogs

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian

This book was so very funny. I read a passage of this book to a class of 10th graders, and one student started laughing so hard he almost had to leave the room. The class was so amused, I couldn't concentrate, and I started laughing. That has never happened to me before. The premise is that three te......more

Goodreads review by Gitte TotallyBookedBlog

Ok...so I want to start of by saying this is not a usual read for me. I would never have thought to read this type of book except I saw the follow up one recommended by another GR friend. I was in the desperate need of something funny, silly and laugh out loud, sure got that here!! And apparently th......more

Goodreads review by Emmeline

Look I could waste your time and mine by saying how this book captures the essence of being 15 years old, driven by childhood friendships and hormones and embarrassment and poor judgment. I could talk about how Don Calame really nailed the atmosphere of summer holiday as a kid, right at the sweet ag......more

Goodreads review by April

Holla if you like Judd Apatow movies. 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. Seriously, where has this book been all my crass, dirty-minded life? Read the rest of m......more

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