Article: Breathing Underwater. (fiction).

Flinn, Alex Breathing Underwater * 2001. 262pp. $15.95 hc. HarperCollins. 0-06-029198-2. Grades 9-12

Sixteen-year-old Nicholas is brought to court by Caitlin, his former girlfriend, who is seeking a restraining order against him because of his abusive behavior. The judge grants her request and sentences Nick to attend counseling sessions on family violence and anger management, as well as recording his account in a journal. Knowing that the alternative is jail, Nick begins the assignment. At first he is hostile to his situation; as the months pass, however, Nick comes to terms with his tumultuous relationship with his father. Nick begins to understand that he is ...

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