Julia on the Go! Series

Julia Nam, a girl on the go in the pool or out in her community center, is back in this buoyant third book in the illustrated chapter book series Julia on the Go, for ages 7 and up.  For fans of Mindy Kim and Jasmine Toguchi.

Fresh off the Southwest Regional, The Vipers swim team is basking in the glow of a successful meet. Everybody except Julia. She couldn’t compete and it’s still bothering her. Just once she would like to know the feeling of getting a shiny medal around her neck.

Back in the water, she wants to keep training harder than ever, but a faulty pump in the aquatic center’s pool spells big problems for that plan. How can Julia keep swimming when the pool is going to be closed indefinitely for maintenance? Luckily Coach Marissa has some ideas to keep the Vipers in a competitive mood. She has something very special she wants to give to the MVP of this new dryland training program and Julia will do whatever it takes to win — including something she’s not proud of.

Julia and her swim team struggle with a new strict coach, but she is determined to make a big splash regardless in this buoyant illustrated chapter book for ages 7 and up. For fans of Mindy Kim and Jasmine Toguchi.

Julia is dismayed to learn that Coach Marissa has to leave the Vipers swim team for an urgent family matter. Coach Nathan, their new temporary coach, is strict and humorless. He doesn’t even let them have Splash Time! And it’s not just Julia who’s upset — two of her teammates have even quit the team. So it’s no surprise that the team is not enthusiastic when Coach Nathan asks them to put together a car wash fundraiser for the team.

But then they learn that there’s going to be a big increase in pool rental fees, which means the Vipers may lose practice days, or worse, not be able to swim at all. Julia takes the lead and gets the Vipers organized. Along the way, she learns more about her nemesis, teammate Olivia, and even Coach Nathan. Maybe first impressions aren’t always the most accurate.

Temporarily sidelined from her swim team by an earache, Julia won’t be kept down in this buoyant illustrated novel for ages 7 to 10 by acclaimed writer Angela Ahn.

As a member of the Vipers Swim Team, Julia Nam’s always in the pool. Mountainview Community Center is like her second home, not only because swimming at the aquatic center is her favorite thing in the world, but also because her parents run the center’s sushi café. Julia would much rather be in the pool than sitting behind the counter of Sushi on the Go! watching other people swim. 
     She’s the youngest swimmer on the team, but definitely not the slowest. Julia can’t wait for Personal Best Day — the most important day for all of the swimmers. If their times are good enough, they can enter a big regional swim meet.
    But then the worst thing happens. A sharp pain in Julia’s ear reveals an infection and she’s forbidden to swim for ten days. How can she get timed during Personal Best Day when she’s not allowed in the water?    
    Julia is desperate to get back in the pool, even if it means having to go behind her parents’ backs in order to do so. But Julia’s solution lands her in a sticky situation, and it’s going to require the entire community center to come together to help her out of it!