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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant comes a twisting story of love and deceit: an American man vanishes from a rural road in Vietnam and his girlfriend, an ER doctor trained in deductive reasoning, follows a path that leads her home to the very hospital where they first met. Alexis and Austen met on a Saturday night. Not in a bar, but instead in the emergency room where Alexis sutured a bullet wound in Austen's arm....
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Curious George original adventures volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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George the monkey goes riding on his new bicycle and runs into unexpected adventure.
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English
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Biking is cheap, healthy, and can provide easy access into an incredible array of life experiences. In this wide-ranging and quick-hitting guide, author Rob Coppolillo explains how bikes work, why bikes matter (especially today, when gas is expensive and interest in green living is high), and how readers-whatever their level of experience-can indulge their tastes for mountain trails, competitive racing, city exploration, and basic transportation from...
4) Paco tries
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"Watch Paco as he works toward the goal of getting his wheels under him to learn how to ride a bicycle. Pairs with the nonfiction titleSetting Goals"--
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Pete Jordan, author of the wildly popular Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States, is back with a memoir that tells the story of his love affair with Amsterdam, the city of bikes, all the while unfolding an unknown history of the city's cycling, from the craze of the 1890s, through the Nazi occupation, to the bike-centric culture adored by the world today
Pete never planned to stay long in Amsterdam, just a semester.
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"A chance encounter during the holiday season brings two people together as quickly as it tears them apart--until fate intervenes again (and again) in this romantic debut novel in the tradition of One Day in December. Every December, Josie posts a letterfrom her home in London to the parents she lost on Christmas night many years ago. Each year, she writes the same three words: Missing you, always. But this year, her annual trip to the postbox is...
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"New York, 2015: The city is facing a series of bicycle accidents, the Mayor's approval ratings hang in the balance, and Alice, besieged by grief and regrets, wants desperately to take the MCAT and become a doctor, but she can't seem to sign up for the test. First and foremost there's her phone--which, like so many others, she can't seem to put down--but there's also her chaotic roommate Roxy, who works at the Mayor's office and whose thirst for adventure...
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2022.
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The Peloton instructor, fitness star, and founder of Speak shares her transformative personal journey, during which she learned lessons about loss, love, body image, and self-confidence, offering an accessible blueprint for anyone looking to make a positive in their lives.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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By all accounts, especially his own, Smithson "Smithy" Ide is a loser. An overweight, friendless, chain-smoking, forty-three-year-old drunk, Smithy's life becomes completely unhinged when he loses his parents and long-lost sister within the span of one week. Rolling down the driveway of his parents' house in Rhode Island on his old Raleigh bicycle to escape his grief, the emotionally bereft Smithy embarks on an epic, hilarious, luminous, and extraordinary...
11) Elena rides
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Elena wants to ride her bike. She steadies, she readies. She wobbles, she bobbles . . . KA-BANG! Learning to ride a bike is hard. But Elena can do it. She just has to try, try again. With this reassuring story of childlike persistence, Juana Medina, creator of the acclaimed Juana & Lucas series, introduces Elena, a plucky elephant, and the little red bird who is Elena’s faithful cheerleader. Simple, energetic text and bold, brilliant artwork convey...
12) Bike safety
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Cody Koala, an imprint of Pop!
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Offers a friendly overview of bike safety tips and skills, such as wearing a helmet. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers." -- Publisher's website.
14) I can ride!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Jack is learning to ride a bike. The bike wobbles. The bike tips. Jack tries again and again. Dad tells him, "You can do it!" Will Jack ever become a bike rider?
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"Fitzgerald puts you into the pulse-pounding action of more than a dozen epic races from running, cycling, triathlon, XTERRA, and rowing with thrilling race reports and revealing post-race interviews with the elites. Their own words reinforce what the research has found: strong mental fitness lets us approach our true physical limits, giving us an edge over physically stronger competitors. Each chapter explores the how and why of an elite athlete's...
16) My bike
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Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Tom tells all about his bicycle, his ride to work past trucks, cars, and even elephants, and his work as a circus performer.
17) Cycling
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2015.
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English
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"How long is the Tour de France? Who wears the yellow jersey? What's the difference between a keirin and a madison? What is a 'superman'? Discover the thrilling world of competitive cycling in this action-packed introduction to the sport. Find out about classic road races, fast and furious track events, mountain climbs and downhill dashes, amazing BMX tricks, and much much more"--Back cover.
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Duck (David Shannon) volume 1
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Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The familiar story of The 3 Little Pigs is retold from the wolf's point of view. The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.
In "A duck on a bike" from Sheep to Horse to Chicken to Goat ... everyone in the barnyard has something to say about Duck's zany idea. But what are they really thinking? And what will happen next?
In "Crictor", an affectionate and quick-thinking boa constrictor...
19) My bike
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PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Learning how to ride a bike is an important moment in every child's life. In this volume, readers see how fun it is while learning the basics of biking. This age-appropriate text covers everything from parts of a bike to safety tips, and reminds readers to always wear a helmet. Fun, colorful images, a helpful picture glossary, index, and supplemental websites offer opportunities for additional learning.
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University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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With cities across the country adding miles of bike lanes and building bike-share stations, bicycling is enjoying a new surge of popularity in America. It seems that every generation or two, Americans rediscover the freedom of movement, convenience, and relative affordability of the bicycle. The earliest two-wheeler, the draisine, arrived in Philadelphia in 1819 and astonished onlookers with the possibility of propelling themselves "like lightning."...