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Summary Of Breathing Underwater By Alex Flinn

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“Breathing Underwater” by Alex Flinn is about two people who love each other but have conflict within their relationship. The main character Nick, is in love with the other main character, Caitlin. Nick is in court for hitting Caitlin. Nick lived with his dad who was abusive towards him and his mother left them. He wrote everything that has happened to him in a journal: He gave the journal to the judge. This quote I have chosen is one of many I could have chosen, but this one seems relevant to the matter at hand. In this quote his teacher is talking to Nick about abusing Caitlin. I think his teacher is trying to make him feel guilty about it, or make him live to regret it. The book starts off with Nick walking to the courthouse with his dad to settle a restraining order initiated by his ex-girlfriend Caitlin; They get to the court …show more content…

He tries to talk her into stopping the progress of the restraining order but she moves to the other side of her mother to try and ignore Nick. Nick gets called up to the judge, and hands the judge his journal. After Nick was in the courthouse; consequently, Nick gets put into Anger Management. He complains about how he doesn’t belong in there. The judge reads the journal and it starts off with him and his friend Tom going to back to school after a long summer and the both of them are in their Sophomore year. While they were walking down the hall, Nick sees Caitlinn and instantly falls in love with her; although, at first Nick doesn’t recognize her. Caitlin and Nick went to kindergarten together. Tom explains that Caitlinn went to “fat camp” over the summer and lost weight there. In the middle of the book Nick gets what he wants; Nick and Caitlin fall in love and start dating. Although, due to him being abused while he was a child, Nick starts

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