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Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
No girls allowed at the Olympic games! That's the rule when the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to ancient Greece. But when Annie tells Jack to go to the games without her, he knows she's up to something. Will Annie find a way to see the games? Or will she get herself - and Jack - into Olympic-size trouble?
2) Race
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Jesse Owens's quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history launches him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
3) Frog Kingdom
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
To avoid being married off to a male suitor, Princess Froglegs goes undercover to compete in the Froglympics.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times - the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. ... Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man's...
Author
Publisher
Sega of America Inc
Pub. Date
20120626
Language
English
Description
Go for Gold Compete in over 45 events*, including all the blue ribbon events plus some all-new events to Olympic video games offering the ultimate depth and variety. *Includes Motion Control and Party Play events. More ways to play Compete in a wide range of challenges and game modes including Olympic Games, Events Mode, Online Mode and Party Play. Feel the Burn For the first time ever in an Olympic Games video game, play using Motion Control with...
11) Private games
Author
Series
Private Detective Agency novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
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,...
13) The games
Author
Series
Private Detective Agency novels volume 11
Private novels
Private novels volume 12
Private novels volume 11
Private novels
Private novels volume 12
Private novels volume 11
Language
English
Formats
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 Bazil. 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...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Jackie is a dedicated ice skater who dreams of Olympic gold. Alex is a chilled-out in-liner who shreds for the thrills. Coached by her medal-winning parents whose hearts collided in the original The Cutting Edge; this couple goes for the gold.
15) The Cutting edge
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A spoiled figure skater teams up with a rude ex-hockey star to win the gold in the Olympics. This edition features brand new interviews with stars Moria Kelly and D.B. Sweeny and a look at The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold.
16) Olympia
Publisher
Pathfinder Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
Deutsch
Description
Commissioned by the 1936 Olympic Committee as a documentary on the Berlin Olympics, Riefenstahl combines the poetry of bodies in motion with close-ups of athletes in the heat of competitioon, including American track star Jesse Owen's sprint races. Some say that the production tends to glorify the young male body and express the Nazi attitude toward athletic prowress.
17) Before I Go
Author
Publisher
Campfire Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Story about Annie, an ice skating coach who gave up on her dream long ago, and young Olympic hopeful, Madison Henry...who happen to me mother and daughter.
Author
Language
English
Formats
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. They're why when Sera's best friends reports the gymnastics doctor to the authority who selects...
19) Chariots of Fire
Series
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
An exciting, inspiring true story of Harold Abrahams, Eric Liddell, and the dedicated team of athletic competitors who brought victory to Britain in the 1924 Olympics.
20) The ringer
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Pressured by a greedy uncle and a pile of debt, lovable loser Steve resorts to an unthinkable scheme. He pretends to be mentally challenged in order to rig the upcoming Special Olympics, to dethrone the reigning champion and bring home the gold.