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As a member of the New Zealand swimming team, fifteen-year-old Alex gets her first taste of independence as she faces the challenges of competition in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.Tags
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Summary: Alex is a fifteen year old girl competing in the 1960 Olympic games in Rome. She is a swimmer on New Zealand's team. This is the fourth and final book in this series, and she finally achieves her dream.
Personal connection: I always like watching the Olympics and really loved the show Make It or Break It, which was about girls trying to make the Olympic team.
Class use: Teach the students about the history of the Olympics. Have them pick a certain event and research it.
Personal connection: I always like watching the Olympics and really loved the show Make It or Break It, which was about girls trying to make the Olympic team.
Class use: Teach the students about the history of the Olympics. Have them pick a certain event and research it.
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Tessa Duder, one of New Zealand's most honored children's writers, was the president of the New Zealand Society of Authors. She taught a course in children's writing at the Wanaka Autumn Art School and has done much to benefit artists' rights. She has received Esther Glen Awards for Alex, Alex in Winter and Alessandra: Alex in Rome. She also won show more an AIM Children's Book Award for Senior Fiction for Songs for Alex. She will be featured at the annual Storylines Festival of New Zealand Children's Writers and Illustrators 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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