Stevie has lots of dreams ... more friends at school, better drawing pencils and a pony. If only she had her dream horse, her life would be better and the other horse-mad girls would talk to her. When her brother is taken to hospital, Stevie's dreams seem further away than ever. Suddenly her after-s
As Fast As I Can
β Scribed by Penny Tangey
- Book ID
- 110910120
- Publisher
- University of Queensland Press
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780702249945
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
One girl. One dream. A few hurdles. Ten-year-old Vivian is determined to win a medal at the Olympic Games one day. Problem is, she hasn't found a sport she's any good at yet. But everyone says if you work hard enough you can achieve anything, right? So when Vivian discovers she has a talent for cross country running, finally, her Olympic dream might actually come true. But then a family illness is uncovered and all of Vivian's plans begin to unravel. Can she keep her dream alive? Or will she be stopped in her tracks? A funny, heartfelt novel about resilience, acceptance and dreaming big.
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