Duder, Tessa. <br/><br/>
Alex / 
Tessa Duder. 
 - Auckland, N.Z. :  Puffin Books,  2003. 
 - 176 pages ;  20 cm. 
 - Alex quartet ;  1. 1 Alex Alex ;  1 Alex ;  01 .
 - Duder, Tessa.  Alessandra ;  01. .
 - Alex ;  1. Alex.  1. Alex quartet ;  1. .
<br/><br/> "The first novel in the brilliant Alex series."--Cover.  Novel for young adults.  First published: Auckland, N.Z. : Oxford University Press, 1987. 
<br/><br/> 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. Suggested level: secondary. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780143318040 (pbk.) 0143318047 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>Olympic Games Rome, Italy)  1960 :  (17th : --Juvenile fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Olympics Rome, Italy)  1960 : --Juvenile fiction.<br/>Swimming--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Self-confidence--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Young adult fiction, New Zealand--Juvenile fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New Zealand--Juvenile fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Young adult fiction, New Zealand.<br/>Teenage fiction, New Zealand.<br/>Children's stories, New Zealand.<br/>Teen fiction.<br/>Children's fiction.