Who would have thought that reading about long-distance swimming would be exciting and captivating?! Lynne Cox broke the men’s and women’s world records for swimming the English Channel (the peak of most open-water swimmers’ careers) when she was just 15. She then went on to complete swims that had never been completed or even tried, [...]
Entries from August 2005
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer by Lynne Cox
August 2nd, 2005 · No Comments
Tags: Memoir
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
August 2nd, 2005 · No Comments
Think teenage James Bond. 14 year old Alex Rider has been living with his uncle since his parents died when he was a baby. One day he finds out his uncle has died under mysterious circumstances that someone is trying to cover up. Making a few lucky escapes he winds up in his uncle’s old [...]
Tags: Action / Adventure
