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Books with author Tessa Duder

  • In Lane Three, Alex Archer

    Tessa Duder

    Paperback (Starfire, June 1, 1991)
    'I have always known that in another life I was-or will be-a dolphin. I am a pink human, caught in a net of ambition and years of hard work. In a few minutes I will dive into artificially turquoise water waiting at my feet. A minute later I'll either be ecstatic or a failure.'Fifteen-year-old swimming champ Alex Archer has her mind set on one goal-competing in the Olympic Games in Rome. Alex has been training hard for six years--but so has her archrival, Maggie Benton.Maggie isn't the only obstacle Alex must overcome. She's spread herself too thin at school, and at home she's worried about her grandmother's failing health. She needs complete concentration for the competition, but it's becoming harder to give her all. Then, her handsome boyfriend, Andy is in a terrible accident. Even if Alex can deal with all these unforeseen problems, can she beat Maggie to make it to the Olympic Games?
  • Night Race To Kawau

    Tessa Duder

    Paperback (Penguin Books, )
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  • SONGS FOR ALEX

    Tessa Duder

    Paperback (Penguin Books, March 15, 1993)
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  • Alex in Rome

    Tessa Duder

    Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Sept. 1, 1992)
    In Rome to compete in the 1960 Olympics, Alex Archer takes in the sights in the Eternal City, begins a relationship with an expatriate New Zealander, and prepares for the biggest swim meet of her life.
  • Alex

    Tessa Duder

    Paperback (Penguin New Zealand, Feb. 6, 1990)
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  • In Lane Three, Alex Archer

    Tessa Duder

    Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Sept. 1, 1989)
    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
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  • Songs for Alex

    Tessa Duder

    Hardcover (Oxford University Press, March 4, 1993)
    Medal-winning Alex returns home from the Olympic Games in triumph, only to find that she has important decisions to make regarding her education, her swimming scholarship and her future in the world of sport - not to mention her feelings towards a mysterious opera singer she met in Rome.
  • Jellybean

    Tessa Duder

    Paperback (Puffin, Feb. 2, 1988)
    Geraldine, the daughter of a famous cellist, tries to cope with a mixedup life of fame and loneliness until she meets a new friend who makes it all seem better
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  • Alex

    Tessa Duder

    Paperback (Penguin Books, )
    Set in 1959 this is story of fifteen year old Alex, a champion swimmer who is swimming to qualify for the Olympic Games in Rome. This book won the New Zealand Story Book of the Year Award in 1988. The author has also written "Night Race to Kawau".
  • Alex

    Tessa Duder

    Paperback (Puffin, April 7, 1993)
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  • Songs for Alex

    Tessa Duder

    Paperback (Penguin Books, )
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  • Alex

    Tessa Duder

    Paperback (Plus Fiction / Penguin Books, March 15, 1989)
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