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1) Big rigs
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Read this book and find out what a bobtail is, how much a big rig weighs, how many wheels a big rig has, and more.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Readers follow along with an over-the-road truck driver as a young boy pretends to be a semi-truck driver hauling a load of oranges from a Florida orchard to a store across the country. Includes a glossary of truck-driving terms and an activity that lets readers practice mapping a route across a state"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a trucker. Since then he's covered hundreds of thousands of miles packing, loading, and hauling people's belongings all over America. Murphy whisks listeners down the I-95 Powerlane, across the Florida Everglades, in and out of the truck stops of the Midwest, and through the steep grades of the Rocky Mountains. He tells funny, poignant, and haunting stories of the people he moves:...
Author
Series
McKenzies of Ridge Trail volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Trucker Sterling (Star) Parson is no stranger to the challenges a woman faces, both in her industry and in life. But she can take care of herself. She’s never needed—or wanted—a man around...until she meets Cade McKenzie. The take-charge bar owner sets off all kinds of alarm bells for Sterling, but he also sets her heart racing. Cade’s lived in Ridge Trail long enough to know trouble when he sees it, and the moment Sterling—Star—walks...
Author
Series
Ben Jones novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Ben Jones is an honorable but down-on-his luck truck driver on a lonely Utah highway. His life takes a sudden turn into violence, mystery and longing upon finding a beautiful woman playing a cello in an isolated house in the high desert.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
How do you make sure a crime never happens? Thats the critical question facing Odd Thomas, the young man with a unique ability to commune with restless spirits and help them find justice and peace. But this time its the living, three helpless innocents, who will be brutally executed unless Odd can intervene in time. The potential victims and where they can be found remain a mystery. The only thing Odd knows for sure is who the killer will be: the...
Series
Publisher
DK Children
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Watch out for some wild weather! Make reading your superpower with DK's beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about how our parcels get from the factories to our doors - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully leveled to help children progress.
10) Lullaby road
Author
Series
Ben Jones novels volume 2
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A trucker sets out to protect an abandoned child in the Utah desert...Winter has come to Route 117, a remote road through the high desert of Utah trafficked only by eccentrics, fugitives, and those looking to escape the world. Local truck driver Ben Jones, still in mourning over a heartbreaking loss, is just trying to get through another season of treacherous roads and sudden snowfall without an accident. But then he finds a mute Hispanic child who...
11) Ice road trucker
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about ice road truckers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Amy Butcher was an accomplished college professor, mentor, and writer, but in her own home, she was embarrassed and emotionally burdened by an increasingly abusive relationship. Exhausted and terrified, Amy reached out to Instagram celebrity Joy "Mothertrucker" Wiebe - the nation's only female ice road trucker. Invited by Joy to ride shotgun, Amy found her escape on a road that was treacherous, beautiful, and exhilarating - an adventurous ride through...
Author
Publisher
Publication Consultants
Pub. Date
2006, c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's just another blizzard blowing in from the north across the lonely Wyoming prairie, but this is Christmas Eve. On this special night, Clutch begins a journey where mysterious and unforgettable characters will change his life forever.
14) Ice roads
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Not every road can be perfectly paved and dry. In fact, some roads are made of ice! These ice roads are needed to get supplies to faraway and often dangerous places where snow and ice are constant threats.
18) My big rig
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text and illustrations introduce young readers to the life of a truck driver.
19) Paradise Valley
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"For three years, Investigator Cassie Dewell has been on a hunt for a serial killer known as The Lizard King. He works as a long haul trucker. His prey are the "lot lizard" prostitutes who frequent truck stops. And she almost caught him...once. Working for the Bakken County, North Dakota sheriff's department, Cassie has set what she believes is the perfect trap and she has lured him and his truck to a depot. Standing by, ready to close the net are...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Philo Beddoe, the easygoing truck driver and bare-knuckle brawler, and his 165-pound orangutan pal, Clyde, get into more mischief in this faster and funnier sequel to Every Which Way but Loose. Beddoe is hoping to 'retire' from fighting. But a new contender lures him back, and mobsters kidnap his girl to ensure he'll turn up for the showdown. Ma, Orville, and those hapless motorcycle morons called the Black Widows all return for more fun.