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  • Crash Course

    E.A. West

    language (Elizabeth West, Oct. 10, 2017)
    “Fine. I won’t have boys in my room, I won’t go to parties, and my social life is over except for church.”Parties, dirt bikes, boyfriends… Angie has it all, but everything changes when her father kicks her out. Gone are the freedom and parties she thrived on. Now she has to survive a conservative mother with strict rules and a stepfather who may or may not like her.Then she meets freestyle motocross rider Brady Scott. He’s gorgeous, talented, and shows her respect at every turn. There’s only one problem — his opinions of life are opposite hers. The more time she spends with him, however, the more she’s drawn to him.As Angie struggles to find her place in two conflicting worlds, she gets a crash course in life lessons and has to make a difficult decision — give up the partying life to hang out with Brady and his youth group friends or continue down a dangerous path that could destroy her.
  • Crash Course

    Matthew Reilly, Pablo Raimondi

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 24, 2006)
    Wanting to be just as good a hover race car driver as his older brother, Bug, Jason joins the International Race School where his skills are put to the test by challenging instructors and fierce competitors, including the mysterious driver in black, in this illustrated, high-speed drama. Reprint.
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  • Crash Course

    Bonnie Lewis

    language (Issylthesthlia Publishing, May 12, 2012)
    Book Three in the Jumping Into Danger Series.Can horses go insane?After a freak accident leaves Treasure injured and Jessica without a horse to ride, Jessica starts working at a nearby stable to help out and get some time in the saddle. While working, Jessica meets Embarr, a troubled horse that has been labelled 'insane'.Jessica doesn't believe Embarr is vicious, but she is running out of time to prove it before it's too late. She knows there has to be more to his story than meets the eye.But her digging into Embarr's past uncovers more than she ever suspected and Kristin, her best friend, is right in the middle of it!
  • Crash Course

    Matthew Reilly, Pablo Raimondi

    Paperback (Aladdin, June 6, 2006)
    Imagine twenty fighter jets racing around a twisting, turning aerial track, ducking and weaving and passing at insanely high speeds, and you've just imagined a hover car race.Fourteen-year-old Jason Chaser is a hover car racing phenom who against the odds has been admitted to the prestigious International Race School. With his kid brother, Bug, who doesn't speak, as his navigator, he's competing against the best of the best, including his hometown rival, the obnoxious Barnaby Becker; the fiercely determined Ariel Piper, the first girl ever admitted to the school; and a mysterious driver in black, who never seems to lose. With tyrannical instructors, sabotaged equipment, and the most intense competition he's ever faced, can Jason prevail?
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  • The Tintin Crash Course

    Simon Jay

    eBook
    Learn more about Herge's adventures of Tintin with this book - The Tintin Crash Course.
  • Crash Course #1

    Landry Q. Walker, Keith Zoo

    Hardcover (Penguin Workshop, Sept. 19, 2017)
    Guardians of the Galaxy meets Minecraft in this hilarious new sci-fi series. TERRAFORMING 101 - An introduction to the sciences and technologies of extraterrestrial world-building. Open to first year students. Elara Adele Vaughn has everything it takes to become a top planetary designer: skills, talent, and a one-way ticket to the Seven Systems School of Terraforming Sciences and Arts. But for all her excitement, life at her new school is a lot tougher--and stranger--than she ever thought possible. Her roommate, Clare, is a mute, intergalactic sponge. A field trip almost ended in the belly of a monster. And no one at her new school knows what it's like to grow up on a planet so far away it's called "Nowhere." But if the galaxy's greatest terraformers made it through their first year, then so can Elara.Based on the real science behind terraforming, this action-packed story mixes world-building adventures with side-splitting humor, plus a dash of deep-space madness.
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  • Crash Course #1

    Landry Q. Walker, Keith Zoo

    eBook (Penguin Workshop, Sept. 19, 2017)
    Guardians of the Galaxy meets Minecraft in this hilarious new sci-fi series. TERRAFORMING 101 - An introduction to the sciences and technologies of extraterrestrial world-building. Open to first year students. Elara Adele Vaughn has everything it takes to become a top planetary designer: skills, talent, and a one-way ticket to the Seven Systems School of Terraforming Sciences and Arts. But for all her excitement, life at her new school is a lot tougher--and stranger--than she ever thought possible. Her roommate, Clare, is a mute, intergalactic sponge. A field trip almost ended in the belly of a monster. And no one at her new school knows what it's like to grow up on a planet so far away it's called "Nowhere." But if the galaxy's greatest terraformers made it through their first year, then so can Elara.Based on the real science behind terraforming, this action-packed story mixes world-building adventures with side-splitting humor, plus a dash of deep-space madness.
  • Crash Course

    Tanis Browning-Shelp

    eBook
    Mud-splattered, sweat-stained, and perpetually on the brink of a crash, fifteen-year-old mountain bike racer Maryn O’Brien’s dream is to make it to the Olympics. She trains hard and races harder, all while juggling school and her many other responsibilities. It’s not easy, but it’s doable—until her racing coach suddenly gets suspended just days before the most important race of the season.Now Maryn faces a serious decision. She has two secrets: one that could save Coach’s career, another that could ruin her racing dreams...and she can’t share one without telling the other. As Maryn races for the first time without her beloved coach’s support, she battles not just her competition, but her conscience, too. Will she find the strength to win against both and redeem herself?
  • Crash Course

    Matthew Reilly, Pablo Raimondi

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, May 31, 2005)
    Wanting to be just as good a hover race car driver as his older brother, Bug, Jason joins the International Race School where his skills are put to the test by challenging instructors and fierce competitors, including the mysterious driver in black, in this illustrated, high-speed drama.
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  • Crash Course

    Tom Bradman, Tony Bradman

    eBook (A&C Black Childrens & Educational, Feb. 14, 2013)
    Life can be pretty tough when you're stuck on a spaceship because pollution has destroyed Planet Earth. Especially when your mum is the stressed-out captain, and your grades are slipping at school. But Luke's boring world is about to change when he accidentally gives a dangerous virus to the spaceship's mainframe, sending the ship hurtling unstoppably towards a radioactive moon. Whoops! Can Luke and his friends stop the ship from crashing and killing them all?
  • Crash Course

    Tanis Browning-Shelp

    Paperback (Dog-Eared Books, Dec. 9, 2016)
    Mud-splattered, sweat-stained, and perpetually on the brink of a crash, fifteen-year-old mountain bike racer Maryn O’Brien’s dream is to make it to the Olympics. She trains hard and races harder, all while juggling school and her many other responsibilities. It’s not easy, but it’s doable—until her racing coach suddenly gets suspended just days before the most important race of the season. Now Maryn faces a serious decision. She has two secrets: one that could save Coach’s career, another that could ruin her racing dreams...and she can’t share one without telling the other. As Maryn races for the first time without her beloved coach’s support, she battles not just her competition, but her conscience, too. Will she find the strength to win against both and redeem herself?
  • Crash Course

    E.A. West

    (Elizabeth West, Oct. 9, 2017)
    “Fine. I won’t have boys in my room, I won’t go to parties, and my social life is over except for church.”Parties, dirt bikes, boyfriends… Angie has it all, but everything changes when her father kicks her out. Gone are the freedom and parties she thrived on. Now she has to survive a conservative mother with strict rules and a stepfather who may or may not like her.Then she meets freestyle motocross rider Brady Scott. He’s gorgeous, talented, and shows her respect at every turn. There’s only one problem — his opinions of life are opposite hers. The more time she spends with him, however, the more she’s drawn to him.As Angie struggles to find her place in two conflicting worlds, she gets a crash course in life lessons and has to make a difficult decision — give up the partying life to hang out with Brady and his youth group friends or continue down a dangerous path that could destroy her.