Hour of the Olympics /
by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca.
- 70 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Magic tree house ; bk. 16 .
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Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
Jack (Fictitious character : Osborne)--Fiction. Annie (Fictitious character : Osborne)--Fiction. Olympics--Fiction. Time travel--Fiction. Sex role--Fiction. Magic--Fiction. Tree houses--Fiction. Olympic games--Fiction. Gender role--Fiction.