In lane three, Alex Archer

By Tessa Duder

Subjects: Self-confidence, New Zealand setting, Sports, fiction, New Zealand author, Girls, fiction, Olympic Games (17th : 1960 : Rome, Italy), Fiction, Children's fiction, Olympics, Juvenile fiction, Swimming, Self-reliance, fiction

Description: Fifteen-year-old Alex struggles to overcome personal trauma and hardship as she competes with her arch rival for a place on the New Zealand swimming team participating in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.