"Five friends are ready for their school's Olympics field day. But not everyone wants to play fair--someone is trying to ruin the events! Can the kids in the Most Valuable Player club solve the mystery, save the Olympics, and take home the gold? Includes sports facts"--Provided by publisher.
A series of questions and answers about the Olympics and famous atheletes that took part, broken into four levels of difficulty to test the readers' knowlege of the Olympics, followed by a multiple choice quiz in the back of the book.
"Presents information about the rules and types of combat sports in the Olympics, including wrestling, boxing, tae kwon do, judo, and fencing"--Provided by publisher.
"Presents information about basketball in the Olympics, including the history of basketball, how it became an Olympic sport, and well-known players, such as the United States' 1992 Dream Team"--Provided by publisher.
"An introduction to a variety of combat sports of the summer Olympics, including boxing, judo, wrestling, tae kwon do, and fencing. Also explains rules, records, and famous Olympic athletes in each sport."--Provided by publisher.
"Presents information about swimming and diving in the Olympics including different types of swimming strokes, different diving events, and synchronized swimming"--Provided by publisher.
"Presents information about track and field in the Olympics including events such as relays, hurdles, pole vault, javelin throw, and shot put"--Provided by publisher.
"Presents information about volleyball in the Olympics including rules for playing, and overview of indoor and beach volleyball, and well-known players such as Misty May-Treanor and Kari Walsh Jennings"--Provided by publisher.
