Daredevils The Girl Who Dared

Author : Shirin Shamsi
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
ISBN 13 : 1644914182
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daredevils: The Girl Who Dared written by Shirin Shamsi and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will be inspired by this immigration story about a young refugee whose family tries to emigrate to Pakistan when India is divided into two separate nations. This short, 32-page hi-lo book features full-color illustrations to capture the attention of kids who enjoy realistic fiction stories about characters who must overcome difficult circumstances in order to survive.

Author : Linda Skeers
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492653284
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Who Dared written by Linda Skeers and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women have been doing amazing, daring, and dangerous things for years, but they're rarely mentioned in our history books as adventurers, daredevils, or rebels. This new compilation of brief biographies features women throughout history who have risked their lives for adventure—many of whom you may not know, but all of whom you'll WANT to know, such as: • Annie Edson Taylor, the first person who dared to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel • Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman who dared to fly in space • Helen Gibson, the first woman who dared to be a professional stunt person • And many more! This is the perfect read for anyone who wants to know what it means to explore, discover, play, climb, and fight like a girl!

Author : Meghan McCarthy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442481889
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daredevil written by Meghan McCarthy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting picture book biography of Betty Skelton, aviation and auto racing pioneer, from award-winning author/illustrator Megan McCarthy. Includes audio! In the 1930s most girls were happy playing with dolls. But one girl, Betty Skelton, liked playing with airplanes, watching them fly around outside, and even flying airplanes herself! She lived for an adventure—in the air, the water, and on land—and nothing could stop her, especially not being a girl. When Betty Skelton was young there weren’t many women flying airplanes or racing cars, but she wouldn’t let that stop her. She was always ready to take on a challenge, and she loved to have fun. Beetty rode motorcycles, raced cars, jumped out of planes, and flew jets, helicoptors, gliders, and blimps. And by the time she was an adult, Betty was known in the press as the “First Lady of Firsts!” This vibrantly illustrated picture book biography with audio reveals the exciting life of a brave pioneer who followed her dreams and showed the world that women can do anything!

Author : Shawn Vestal
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101979917
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daredevils written by Shawn Vestal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the winner of 2014’s PEN Robert W. Bingham Prize, an unforgettable debut novel about Loretta, a teenager married off as a “sister wife,” who makes a break for freedom At the heart of this exciting debut novel, set in Arizona and Idaho in the mid-1970s, is fifteen-year-old Loretta, who slips out of her bedroom every evening to meet her so-called gentile boyfriend. Her strict Mormon parents catch her returning one night, and promptly marry her off to Dean Harder, a devout yet materialistic fundamentalist who already has a wife and a brood of kids. The Harders relocate to his native Idaho, where Dean’s teenage nephew Jason falls hard for Loretta. A Zeppelin and Tolkien fan, Jason worships Evel Knievel and longs to leave his close-minded community. He and Loretta make a break for it. They drive all night, stay in hotels, and relish their dizzying burst of teenage freedom as they seek to recover Dean’s cache of “Mormon gold.” But someone Loretta left behind is on their trail... A riveting story of desire and escape, Daredevils boasts memorable set pieces and a rich cast of secondary characters. There’s Dean’s other wife, Ruth, who as a child in the 1950s was separated from her parents during the notorious Short Creek raid, when federal agents descended on a Mormon fundamentalist community. There’s Jason’s best friend, Boyd, part Native American and caught up in the activist spirit of the time, who comes along for the ride, with disastrous results. And Vestal’s ultimate creation is a superbly sleazy chatterbox—a man who might or might not be Evel Knievel himself—who works his charms on Loretta at a casino in Elko, Nevada. A lifelong journalist whose Spokesman column is a fixture in Spokane, WA, Shawn has honed his fiction over many years, publishing in journals like McSweeney's and Tin House. His stunning first collection, Godforsaken Idaho, burrowed into history as it engaged with masculinity and crime, faith and apostasy, and the West that he knows so well. Daredevils shows what he can do on a broader canvas--a fascinating, wide-angle portrait of a time and place that's both a classic coming of age tale and a plunge into the myths of America, sacred and profane.

Author : Lara Bergen
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545388953
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sophie the Daredevil (Sophie #6) written by Lara Bergen and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophie's braving her best title yet . . . but can she live up to it?Sophie is braving her best name yet!None of Sophie's oh-so-perfect names have stuck yet. But this time is different. Sophie isn't going to worry about whether or not she can live up to her new name. Because this time, she's fearless. She's Sophie the Daredevil!But it's not always easy to face your fears. Sophie is about to learn that lesson the hard way!

Author : Kit Rosewater
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683358023
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Derby Daredevils: Kenzie Kickstarts a Team written by Kit Rosewater and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly illustrated middle-grade series that celebrates new friendships, first crushes, and getting out of your comfort zone—now in paperback Ever since they can remember, fifth graders Kenzie (aka Kenzilla) and Shelly (aka Bomb Shell) have dreamed of becoming roller derby superstars. When Austin’s city league introduces a brand-new junior league, the dynamic duo celebrates! But they’ll need to try out as a five-person team. Kenzie and Shelly have just one week to convince three other girls that roller derby is the coolest thing on wheels. But Kenzie starts to have second thoughts when Shelly starts acting like everyone’s best friend . . . Isn’t she supposed to be Kenzie’s best friend? And things get really awkward when Shelly recruits Kenzie’s neighbor (and secret crush!) for the team. With lots of humor and an authentic middle-grade voice, book one of this illustrated series follows Kenzie, Shelly, and the rest of the Derby Daredevils as they learn how to fall—and get back up again.

Author : Lauren Landish
Publisher : Truth or Dare
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dare written by Lauren Landish and published by Truth or Dare. This book was released on 2020-01-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever had one of those really bad days at work? You know, one where your hot boss catches you photocopying your backside in his office? No? Just me then? I blame my bestie and partner in chaos. She challenged me with a not-so-innocent dare that I should've flat out declined. But I'm an adrenaline junkie, and now, here I am. I know it sounds crazy, and daredevil tendencies aside, I definitely went too far to get his attention. But you haven't seen him. Colton Wolfe. My boss. Tall, dark, and handsome, with the sexiest British accent I've ever heard. His only flaw? That he's completely oblivious to what's been right in front of him all along. Me. Well, he was until a few minutes ago. Remember those good old days? Before I got caught making "nice" with the copy machine, and before I was totally getting fired? But wait. Maybe I'm not. If I can take on the biggest dare of all. Making Colton Wolfe fall in love with me. The Dare is a full-length romance with a HEA and no cliffhanger.

Author : Rick and Amy Rinehart
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0806535997
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dare to Survive: written by Rick and Amy Rinehart and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its towering mountains, sun-scorched deserts, fierce wildlife, and hard-to-predict weather, the American West ranks among the most forbidding places on Earth. Yet many are drawn to the beauty of this wild and rugged region. Some are daredevils. . .some are athletes. . .and some are outdoors enthusiasts who find themselves in a chilling battle for survival. In their extraordinary, heart-stopping true stories, you will discover how much can go wrong when people find themselves caught in the cross-hairs of nature's power. . . Dare To Survive Flash floods, plane crashes, animal attacks, avalanches, landslides--these devastating phenomena all too often claim the lives of men, women, and children in the American West. But some beat the odds, living to tell about their terrifying ordeals. There are inspirational stories of extreme survival and tremendous bravery. Of the hiker who--though armed with only a knife--survived a 30-minute nightmare with a cougar. . .of the backcountry snowboarder buried alive by an avalanche, saved with only minutes to spare. . .of the outdoorsman pinned by an 800-pound boulder who freed himself by amputating his own arm. And there are the unexplainable, senseless tragedies--the little girl whose mysterious disappearance at a national park was never solved. . . the inexperienced charter pilot who crashed trying to beat curfew in a snowstorm. . .and the veteran backwoods camper who, despite every precaution, fell victim to a fatal bear attack. What does it take to endure the impossible? Dare to Survive tackles that question as it vividly reminds us that when danger strikes, survival becomes the ultimate human challenge. "This frightening but enjoyable book reveals that Mother Nature has more ways to kill than even the toughest Mafia godfather." --Ted Schwarz, author of Hollywood Confidential: How the Studios Beat the Mob at Their Own Game Rick Rinehart is a publisher, writer, and former Colorado Humanities Scholar whose honors include recognition by the National Park Service for contributions to wolf recovery in Yellowstone National Park. His wife, Amy Rinehart, is a former publisher of endurance sports books who consults with outdoor retail and environmental organizations in the development of publishing programs. Rick and Amy live in Lafayette, Colorado.

Author : Eric Devine
Publisher : Running Press Kids
ISBN 13 : 0762450150
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dare Me written by Eric Devine and published by Running Press Kids. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ben and his buddies Ricky and John create daredevil Internet videos that go viral, a mysterious source offers to fund the stunts but begins to make increasingly dangerous demands of the boys until it threatens to become more than Ben can take.

Author : Pam Withers
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1554695996
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daredevil Club written by Pam Withers and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kip's only friends are the members of the Daredevil Club, a club whose mission is to complete seven dangerous dares before their rivals, the Wildmen, complete their list of dares. Before the cliff-diving accident in which he lost the use of his leg, Kip had been the leader of the Daredevil Club. Now he has difficulty completing the dares and suspects that his membership is threatened. As the daredevils plan their final stunt, a dangerous climb along a narrow steel shelf beneath a bridge, they try to convince Kip that he may not be up to the task. Kip refuses to back down even though he suspects his friends might be right. Also available in French.