Maddox, Jake.
Summary: Quarter-midget car racer Michael Haynes and his twin brother Mark, the team's mechanic, are used to winning their races, but when a new, unscrupulous racer starts competing, even causing Michael to be injured in a race, the twins are tempted to start using different tactics themselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MADMaddox, Jake.
Summary: Nick hates running, but his high school gym teacher thinks he is just the right person to fill in for the two hundred meter relay race, and will not give him a passing grade unless he tries--will Nick learn to run or let the team down?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADMaddox, Jake.
Summary: Austin, eager to win sports trophies like his older brothers, joins a local cycling club and enters his name for a three mile race--will he learn in time that bicycle racing is as much about technique as speed?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MADOxley, Jennifer
Summary: Aspiring to build an amazing derby car out of junkyard parts, Peg and Cat enter the neighborhood Tallapegga Twenty and use their shape-recognition and counting skills to assemble their car and count laps in the hope of winning the Golden Cup.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Entertainment, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Mangual, C. Ines
Summary: Blaze and his monster truck friends enjoy racing at night until someone steals all the lights, and it is up to Blaze to capture the Light Thief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MANMaijala, Marika
Summary: Racing greyhound Rosie escapes the confines of the racetrack and bounds towards freedom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Elsewhere Editions 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MAIMaddox, Jake
Summary: Twelve-year-old Tanisha Carter's favorite extreme obstacle course challenge is coming to town; her classmate Derek agrees to be her partner, and his cousin Janet agrees to train them at her gym, and while getting in shape is a little hard for easy going Derek, but the real problem the pair face is when Tanisha discovers she is afraid of heights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MADMoody, Greg
Summary: Stuck in a dead-end office job with Bosco Bikes in Denver, Colorado, former pro cyclist Will Ross "discovers that he is the target in a madman's deadly game."--Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VeloPress 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOFrancis, Felix
Summary: Harrison Foster, a crisis manager for a London firm, is summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables kills six very valuable horses, including the short-priced favorite for the Derby. There is far more to the "simple" fire than initially meets the eye...for a start, human remains are found among the equestrian ones in the burnt-out shell. All the stable staff are accounted for, so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRAFlanagan, John (John Anthony)
Summary: Skandian outcasts Hal, Stig, and others do battle at sea against the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race across icy waters where not everyone thinks of the competition as playing.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC FLALewis, Axel
Summary: Jimmy Roberts and his robot, Maverick, are ready for the next stage of the robot races which will go through the Amazon rain forest, but his enemy Horace Pelly is equally determined to win--and he does not care how he does it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Stone Arch Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEWLord, Cynthia
Summary: Hot Rod Hamster enlists the help of his friend Dog to build a super sleek soap box racer for the Wacky Whatever Race.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2014
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE LORCopies Available at Interlochen
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LORHolabird, Katharine
Summary: Twinkle wants to win first place in the Fairy Fly Race, so she practices every day with her friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2021
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Summary: Dump trucks, fire trucks, and even garbage trucks join in a race through the streets of Trucktown.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.O'Connor, Jane.
Summary: Feeling bad about last year's Field Day, in which her slow running cost the relay team a victory, Nancy, who enjoys using fancy words, finds herself facing another Field Day and another relay race with a mean classmate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE OCOLewis, Axel
Summary: For the third leg of the robot races the contestants must choose between three possible Arctic routes, all of which are dangerous--especially when some of the racers are not playing by the rules.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Stone Arch Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEWCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEWMews, Melody
Summary: When Itty Bitty Princess Kitty overhears a fox say he might break the rules in the upcoming cloud race, she must decide whether to wait to see what happens or keep the cloud race fair and square.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MEWDavid, Arihhonni
Summary: "When a quick-footed bear and a quick-witted turtle race across a frozen lake, Turtle has a secret plan to win!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN DAVCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR GREEN DAVMcClintock, Barbara
Summary: Follows a young girl's imaginary journey as she zooms in a race car past fields and forests to faraway lands before returning home to her own safe bed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCCCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCCCalvert, Howard
Summary: "Barbara Hendricks, a tortoise, has entered a road race, but what was she thinking? With only a week to go before the big day, she worries that she doesn't stand a chance against the other animals competing. Barbara's friend and owner, Lorraine, inspires her to train a little bit more each day and coaxes her out of her shell when the race day arrives. How intimidating to line up next to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CALAngleberger, Tom
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANGJacobs, Paul DuBois
Summary: Mack Rhino, a private detective, is on the case when a big race is in town and all the runners are missing the laces to their sneakers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Quix 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE JACLewis, Axel
Summary: This year the robot races are just for children, and Jimmy Roberts is entering the robot taxi his genius grandfather has built--but he will have to compete with a racer designed by NASA engineers for the wealthy and unscrupulous Horace Pelly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEWFenske, Jonathan
Summary: "Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning author and illustrator Jonathan Fenske's appealing illustration style and clever, easy-to-read text make this hilarious book a must-have for every young reader's shelf. The speedy Book-It Bunny is challenging you to a reading race. And with her brand-new super shoes, she's convinced she will win. Can you pick up the pace and avoid her tricks along the way?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Group 2022