The New
Zealand Book Council came up with a list of books by New
Zealanders that they reckon every kid should have read by the age of 12. I decided to check out the ones I haven't
read and post about the ones I agreed were good (in no particular order).
Alex
was
written in 1987 but was set in 1959. The
protagonist is a schoolgirl who is a bit of an overachieverl. Amongst other things she is trying to get
selected for the Rome Olympic swimming team.
The story has quite a few twists and turns and I enjoyed it as an adult
and can see why teenage girls went for it big time.
This was the first of a quartet of books about Alex. I am going to read the others as well.
I knew a girl in high school who made the Olympic swimming team and won a Gold Medal!
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