Central Kansas Library System

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 herself--and Jack--into Olympic-size trouble?

In 1936 Berlin, an eight-oared rowing team of working-class young men from the American West faced off against teams from Germany and Italy in the Olympics. Discusses the personal challenges each one of them faced during the Great Depression, the odds they overcame in making the team, and their triumphant finish.