Stotan! Paperback – April 1, 2003

I read this because it's set in Spokane and I'm doing a summer reading challenge where one of the items is to read a book set in your hometown. I'm not a sports fan and frankly swimming competitions put me to sleep but this is a great book. Written twenty years ago but it could have been written yesterday for the racial issues that still exist in Spokane. Engaging, real characters... Great book!

Another excellent Crutcher book where his characters live through experiences that are agonizing and enlightening. I was sobbing at the end.

Very inspiring. Doesn’t steer away from the hard topics in life. Easy read. I will read it again and again.

This story strongly impacted my 17 year old son. He emphasized with the characters and felt their pain.

One of my favorite Chris Crutcher books, Stotan! is a fun and easy read about four friends on a swim team. I loved reading this book in high school and it's a great book to recommend to high school boys and athletes.

one of my favorite books! I am a year round swimmer so I can relate to everything in it! Crutcher is a great author.

I got this book for my daughter to finish her assignment since she failed to bring the book home! Ended up reading it myself!

The book `Stotan' starts off with a swimming team practicing to become Stotans or a cross Stoic and a Spartan. There is a wild love twist between the main character, Walker, Deveene, and Walker's best girl friend Elaine (girl friend as in a friend who is a girl). The main theme of the book to me and many others I know is that you can't always fight what you up against but you just have to go with the flow.When I read the book 'Stotan' it felt pretty blah I mean other than telling people on how to live his or her life there is nothing exciting about the book. One of the reasons I disliked the book is that it just combines way to many issues, conflicts, and themes into on tiny 183 paged book. The book takes reality and stretches it a little to far for my taste, so that is why I only give the book a total of three stars.