Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics
Bestselling sportswriter and Edgar Award winner John Feinstein is back with another sports mystery featuring Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson—this one set at the summer Olympics in London. In this book, Susan Carol isn't a reporter—she's an Olympian, competing as a swimmer at her first...
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Bestselling sportswriter and Edgar Award winner John Feinstein is back with another sports mystery featuring Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson—this one set at the summer Olympics in London. In this book, Susan Carol isn't a reporter—she's an Olympian, competing as a swimmer at her first Olympic games. Stevie is both proud and envious of her athletic prowess. And he's worried by the agents and sponsors and media all wanting to get up close and personal with Susan Carol. But the more disturbing question becomes—how far might they go to ensure that America's newest Olympic darling wins gold? Sports novels abound, but Feinstein's books are all stars. They combine sports action, high-stakes mysteries, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of big-time sporting events.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375869631 (0375869638)
Publish date: May 22nd 2012
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Series: The Sports Beat (#6)
The author's a sportswriter, it's about the Olympics, and it's a mystery? I think I might enjoy this. :)
This was suppose to be a mystery so why did the first 150 pages not have anything mysterious?That was the first thing I didn't like. The second thing was the voices of the characters suddenly poping into the story (like seriously)
This was an interesting story that takes a closer look at the lives of elite young athletes. Susan Carol Anderson is an elite swimmer. When the story starts she is reliving the World Championships in Shanghai instead of listening to the agents from the Lightning Fast Agency who are trying to get her...