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1) The hopeful
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Language
English
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"A figure skating prodigy is one of a few "hopefuls" racing against nature's clock to compete in the Olympics"--
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter, both champion riders, vowed to never, ever, go up against one another. Until the tense, harrowing competitions leading to the Paris Olympics. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best horsewoman in the world.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Two years ago, Jack Morgan---the head of the renowned worldwide investigation firm Private--was in charge of security for the World Cup in Brazil. During the championship final, the action nearly spilled from the field into the stands. Fortunately, Jack and his team averted disaster on football's biggest stage. Now he has returned to Rio to secure the Olympics. But before the torch is lit, the threats come fast and furious as Jack discovers that someone...
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English
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"In this moving, masterful saga from best-selling novelist Christina Suzann Nelson, four women's lives collide. Their tangled courses and attempts to find grace in the midst of crisis combine in one heartfelt story showing the many faces of motherly love"--
Jillian Connors has the perfect daughter: loving and smart, she's an Olympic hopeful with a bright future. But when Gabby becomes pregnant, Jillian fears that future is lost. Worse, she must confront...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Esperanza Flores's place on the United States Olympic figure skating team has come at the expense of an injured skater, so in addition to the pressure of sudden fame and outsized expectations Espi has to deal with the resentment of her teammates--and their efforts to sabotage her routine.
7) Gold
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Language
English
Description
Cyclists Zoe and Kate are friends and athletic rivals for Olympic gold, while Kate and her husband Jack, also a world-class cyclist, must contend with the recurrence of their young daughter's leukemia.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A skill-building reader published to coincide with the Olympics finds Hefty Smurf organizing the first-ever Smurf Championship Games to raise awareness about exercise, a competition that concerns an insecure Weakling Smurf.
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Language
English
Description
For Sera Wheeler, the Olympics is the reason for everything. It's why she trains thirty hours a week, starves herself to under 100 pounds, and pops Advil like Tic Tacs. For her mother, Charlene, hungry for glory she never had, it's why she rises before dawn to drive Sera to practice in a different state, and why the family scrimps, saves, and fractures. It's why, when Sera's best friend reports the gymnastics doctor to the authority who selects the...
12) Private games
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Private, the world's most renowned investigation firm, has been commissioned to provide security for the 2012 Olympic games in London. Its agents are the smartest, fastest, and most technologically advanced in the world, and 400 of them have been transferred to London to protect over 10,000 competitors who represent more than 200 countries. The opening ceremony is still hours away when Private investigator and single father of twins, Nigel Steele,...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton (Graphic novels) volume 10
Publisher
Papercutz/Macmillan
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the Pirate Cats travel back in time to enter the first Olympic Games, they bring modern-age sports gear to improve their odds.
Author
Series
MVP, most valuable players volume 1
MVP most valuable players volume 1
(David Andrew),MVP most valuable player volume 1
MVP most valuable players volume 1
(David Andrew),MVP most valuable player volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Five friends are ready for their school's Olympics field day. But not everyone wants to play fair someone is trying to ruin the events! Can the kids in the Most Valuable Player club solve the mystery, save the Olympics, and take home the gold? Includes sports facts"--
16) Max and Marla
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Max and Marla are best friends. And aspiring Olympians! With their eyes on the prize, they know exactly what it'll take to reach sledding success: preparation, practice and perseverance"--
"Olympians in training, Max and Marla show us how dedication, persistence and friendship will always lead to sucess!"--
19) Grit and gold
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Cousins Nate and Rachel travel back in time to see legendary Olympic events and learn what it takes to prepare for greatness"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman and Company
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Having promised her younger brother that she will watch him race in the Special Olympics, Cristina is offered the chance to meet a famous author--her favorite--on the same day and must make a tough choice.