Inside the Olympics takes you to the heart of the worlds greatest sporting festival. Discover the history of the Games from their origins in ancient Greece to the 2012 Olympics in London. The book explores the great moments, athletes, and controversies that have made the Olympic Games. You will also find out about the challenges of hosting the Games, how the Olympic Movement works, and what the Games mean to people around the world.

 

 

This book features in the following series: None, The Olympics .

This book has been graded for interest at 11 years.

There are 64 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2012 by Pearson Education Limited .

Nick Hunter is an experienced author of non-fiction books for children.