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2) Clip-clop
Author
Publisher
Boxer Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mr. Horse gives a ride to his friends, Cat, Dog, Pig, and Duck, they urge him to go faster and faster.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Lady Bird, an unlucky assassin, is tasked with grabbing a suitcase from a bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka and exiting at the next stop, but doesn't realize other dangerous passengers are trying to do the same.
A dark, satirical thriller by the bestselling Japanese author, following the perilous train ride of five highly motivated assassins--soon to be a major film from Sony. Nanao, nicknamed Lady Bird--the self-proclaimed "unluckiest assassin...
6) Bullet train
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"While on board a fast-moving bullet train, five assassins discover that they have something in common."--
9) Turbo
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Along with his streetwise snail crew and new human friends, Turbo, an underdog snail, takes on the biggest challenge ever to make their dreams come true"--Container.
10) Hi, Harry!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A tortoise tries to find someone who will play with him at his own speed.
11) The light years
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Before Hisako Saski is even born, her parents make a deal on her behalf. In exchange for a first-class education and a boost out of poverty, Hisako will marry Adem Sadiq, a maintenance engineer and self-styled musician who works the trade lanes aboard his family's sub-light starship, the Hajj. Hisako is not happy when she finds out about the plan. She has little interest in the broken branch of physics the deal requires her to study, and is not...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In 1947, the United States Air Force was established. Meanwhile, scientists and engineers were pioneering a revolutionary new type of aircraft which could do what no other machine had ever done: reach mach 1--a speed faster than the movement of sound--which pilots called "the demon." Chasing the Demon recreates an era of excitement and danger, adventure and innovation, when the future of the free world was at stake and American ingenuity took the...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The best-known educator of the 20th century was a scammer in cashmere. 'The most famous reading teacher in the world,' as television hosts introduced her, Evelyn Wood had little classroom experience, no degrees in reading instruction, and a background that included work at a Mormon mission in Germany at a time when the church was cooperating with the Third Reich. Nevertheless, a nation spooked by Sputnik and panicked by paperwork eagerly embraced...
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Language
English
Description
"When Mary Todd meets Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in the winter of 1840, he is on no one's shortlist to be president. Rough and reticent, he's a country lawyer lacking money and manners, living above a dry goods shop, but with a gift for oratory. Mary, a quick, self-possessed debutante with a tireless interest in debates and elections, at first finds him an enigma. "I can only hope," she tells his roommate, the handsome, charming Joshua Speed,...
16) Megafast planes
Author
Series
Publisher
Hungry Tomato
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Are you ready to take off with the world's fastest supersonic aircraft? Strap yourself in for a trip in the MiG-25 Foxbat interceptor and clock up to 2,100 mph (3,380 kmh/h)! Soar in the NAA X-15 rocket plane, which set a record of 4,520 mph (7,274 km/h) in 1967! Hop into the world's fastest jet, the NASA Hyper X-43 scramjet, but hang on it has the potential to go 7,000 mph (11,265 km/h)! Detailed illustrations put you in the cockpits of these mighty,...
17) A house divided
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the winter of 1839, a sensational disappearance rocks Springfield, Illinois, as headlines announce a local man has accused his two brothers of murder. Not one to pass up an opportunity, Abraham Lincoln takes up the case of the accused with the assistance of his best friend Joshua Speed to search for evidence of innocence. But just as soon as they begin, Lincoln and Speed find their friendship at grave risk of rupture as they vie for the hand a...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Zero regrets. It's a philosophy not just about sport but about life. School, business, academics, love, anything and everything. It's complicated and yet not. You have to figure out who it is you want to be. Not what you want to be, who. There has to be a vision, a dream, a plan. Then you chase that with everything you've got." Over three consecutive Olympic games, the author has come to symbolize the very best of the competitive spirit, remaining...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After trying the sliding sport of luge, Lucy is back for another speedy adventure-this time, she laces up her skates and tries short track speed skating. It's not as easy as it looks. When you skate really fast around tight turns, you just might crash! But with her friends at her side, Lucy skims across the ice in a thrilling race to the finish.
Lucy Tries Short Track is the second book in the Lucy Tries Sports series, designed to encourage children...
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