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1) Metro girl
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alexandra (Barney) Barnaby roars onto the Miami Beach scene in hot pursuit of her missing baby brother, "Wild" Bill. Leave it to the maverick of the family to get Barney involved with high-speed car chases, a search for sunken treasure, and Sam Hooker, a NASCAR driver who's good at revving a woman's engine. Engaged in a deadly race, Bill has "borrowed" Hooker's sixty-five-foot Hatteras and sailed off into the sunset...just when Hooker has plans for...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher's soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe's maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For fans of Boys in the Boat and In the Garden of Beasts, the pulse-pounding story of how a Jewish race car driver and an American speed queen triumphed over Hitler's fearsome Silver Arrows on the eve of World War II"--
They were the unlikeliest of heroes. Renée Dreyfus, a former top driver on the international race car circuit, had been banned from the best teams - and fastest cars - by the mid-1930s because of his Jewish heritage. Charles Weiffenbach,...
4) Motor mouth
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Miami is still freakin' humid. The nights are even hotter. And there's a body on ice. And that's just the beginning of this adrenaline-rush of a hot-wired ride from phenomenal number one New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. A woman with a taste for speed and a talent for breaking the rules, Barney also knows a little too much about cheating. First, there was Hooker and that salesclerk. Now she's convinced one of the competitors is up...
8) Gran turismo
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Based on the unbelievable true story of a team of unlikely underdogs, a struggling working-class gamer, a failed former racecar driver, and an idealistic motorsport executive. Together, they risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world. It is an inspiring, thrilling, and action-packed story that proves that nothing is impossible when you're fueled from within.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a Princess learns from her Fairy Godmother that she is in last place in a car race against such fairy tale notables as Humpty Dumpty, the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin, she boldly rebuffs defeat and steps on the gas.
10) Race car rival
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2010, [that is, 2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Shawn gets to be a junior team member on Johnny Pride's stock car team. But when he arrives at the racetrack, it turns out he'll be helping Johnny's biggest competition, "Mean" Gene Pederson. Shawn realizes that appearances aren't everything. Maybe there's more to Mean Gene than a bad reputation.
11) Pit crew crunch
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2010, [that is, 2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's a dream come true. Peter entered a contest to be on a stock car pit crew, and he won! Just when it looks like he'll finally get his chance to work a real race, things go wrong in an unexpected and terrifying way.
12) IndyCar racing
Author
Series
Publisher
SportsZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces IndyCar racing, describing the history, drivers, vehicles, and events of the sport.
13) Fast & furious 6
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Two rivals team up to fight a common enemy and do spme exciting car racing at the same time.
Publisher
Hit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Start your engines for fun and excitement with Roary the Racing Car and his racetrack buddies, Tin Top, Zizzy, Dragga, and mischievous Maxi, as they zoom into exciting high-speed adventures. The racetrack becomes a pit stop of great times as everyone goes the extra mile for Marsha's birthday party, Big Chris becomes a babysitter, and Rusty is on a roll⁵without wheels! Put your pedal to the metal and buckle up for big-time fun from start to finish!...
15) Cars 3
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lightning McQueen sets out to prove that he is still the best race car in the world.
17) Getaway
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After his wife is kidnapped by a mysterious villain, ex-race car driver Brent Magna steals a young woman's car and races against time to save his wife with the young woman in tow.
18) Need for speed
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
An underground race-car driver who was framed and sent to prison seeks his revenge by attempting to win America's most prominent street race.
20) Jeff Gordon
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the NASCAR driver, from his childhood through his current career.
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