SuitabookThe space olympics (A Tempo book
Alice Lightner Hopf
- Reading
- Try reading together or checking in after the competition and rescue scenes; invite the reader to compare the imagined sports with familiar ones.
- Themes
- Fairness in competition: Different planetary conditions mean a handicapping system is needed for the sporting events. The setup raises a question about adapting rules to differences between competitors, but does not establish whether the system is fair or effective.
- Unfair authority: The hero runs afoul of biased officials in circumstances involving crooked gamblers and later uses athletic skills in a rescue. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The story includes crooked gamblers, biased officials and a rescue. The extent of the danger, and how these events are depicted, remain unclear.