In lane three, Alex Archer

By Tessa Duder

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