Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Children’s, Teenage & Educational

AS FAST AS I CAN

Penny Tangey

From CBCA-shortlisted author Penny Tangey comes this funny, heartfelt novel about ten-year-old Vivian and her quest to one day become an Olympic middle-distance runner.

Ten-year-old Vivian is determined to compete at the Olympic Games one day. Problem is, she hasn't found a sport she's any good at yet. But everyone says if you work hard enough you can achieve anything, right? So when Vivian discovers she has a talent for cross country running, finally, her Olympic dream might actually come true.

But then a family illness is uncovered and all of Vivian's plans begin to unravel. Can she keep her dream alive? Or will she be stopped in her tracks?

A funny, heartfelt novel about resilience, acceptance and dreaming big.

Penny Tangey largely writes humorous books for young people. While at university Penny performed stand-up comedy, including in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Penny now works as a researcher for television quiz shows Hard Quiz and The Chase, but is still terrible at trivia.

Available products
Book Published 2020-05-01 by UQP University of Queensland Press - St Lucia (AUS)

Comments

As FastAs I Can will have you cheering from the sidelines from start to finish.

AS FAST AS I CAN has won the 2021 Readings Children's Book Prize! Readings bookseller and prize judge Clare Millar writes that the judging panel were in 'unanimous awe' of Tangey's fourth novel, which is 'a beautiful story about dreams, resilience and determination' and whose protagonist, 10-year-old Vivian, is 'a fierce character, whose honesty and, at times, stubbornness drive the plot'.

As Fast As I Can by Penny Tangey won the 2020 QLAs: Griffith University Children's Book of the Year.