Swish is the story of two high school jocks in an inner city high school. One of them a practical joker and the other is low key. Their lives take a serious change when the more serious of the two gets in trouble for an act his friend commits. This leads to the two of them taking the school nerd under their wings and in doing so they find out the school nerd possesses many talents they would have never thought that he had. This is a book of adventure, and mischief, and drama, and compassion. Every preteen and teen should read this book and everyone who teaches, and counsels preteens could use this book as their format. It is a power book about two teen jocks in high school who befriend the class "nerd," and while doing so learn some important lessons in life. This book should be especially of interest to those confronting the problem of bullying between preadolescent and adolescent populations and to teachers and counselors who are dealing with teenage populations.
