teresainohio10 's review for:

Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics by John Feinstein

4.0

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I decided to read this book in antipaction or the upcoming Olympics. This book does a great job of explaining how athletes get ready to compete at a high level and juggle life school and other issues. Susan Carol is a world championship swimmer working on preparing for the Olympic trials when agents and sponsors bombard her and pressure her dad to sign with them. The money is very tempting and causes friction in the dad/daughter relationship. I really enjoyed just reading the story to get a deeper inside look at how it all comes together for this incredile journey to the peak of the Sports world. The mystery came very late in the story and actually wasn't even needed to tell this compelling story.