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Product Identifiers

PublisherLerner Publishing Group

ISBN-101467793663

ISBN-139781467793667

eBay Product ID (ePID)219356056

Product Key Features

Book TitleMegafast Trucks

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicTransportation / Cars & Trucks, Technology / How Things Work-Are Made, Sports & Recreation / Motor Sports

Publication Year2016

IllustratorYes, Edwards, Mat, Pyke, Jeremy

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction

AuthorJohn Farndon

Book SeriesMegafast Ser.

FormatLibrary Binding

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight8.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2015-031656

Reviews"An insanely joyful collection ofwell, call them electrifying biographies of very fast trucks. Profiled here are 10 of the fastest trucks on planet Earth (or likely anywhere else in the solar system). Farndon whets readers' appetites by briefly surveying concepts of speed and acceleration and how one actually goes about measuring speed. One example is of a 'superbike'that is, a motorcyclethat accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds. Then it is on to a brisk but riveting introduction to the trucks; as the speeds increase, the trucks become more mesmerizing, and turning the pages actually slows the action, something like what the theory of relativity does to time. First up is Lee Shockley's 'Shockwave,' a semi without the trailer, but with three Pratt and Whitney jet engines, which tools merrily along at 376 mph, flames pouring from its exhaust pipes as it races to catch a jet. Late to school? Paul Stender's 'School Time' bus will get you there at 367 mph, though it only gets one mile per 150 gallons of fuel. Brio meets absurdity on steroids in this dramatically illustratedboth photos and drawingssurvey that also makes learning about jet propulsion, tire construction, and sidewinder rattlers a hoot. Megafast Motorcycles delivers the same treatment to two-wheelers. With considerable panache, Farndon bestows these beasts with their very own brand of beauty."starred, Kirkus Reviews, "An insanely joyful collection. . . . Brio meets absurdity on steroids in this dramatically illustrated [book]. . . . With considerable panache, Farndon bestows these beasts with their very own brand of beauty."--starred, Kirkus Reviews, "An insanely joyful collection of--well, call them electrifying biographies of very fast trucks. Profiled here are 10 of the fastest trucks on planet Earth (or likely anywhere else in the solar system). Farndon whets readers' appetites by briefly surveying concepts of speed and acceleration and how one actually goes about measuring speed. One example is of a 'superbike'--that is, a motorcycle--that accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds. Then it is on to a brisk but riveting introduction to the trucks; as the speeds increase, the trucks become more mesmerizing, and turning the pages actually slows the action, something like what the theory of relativity does to time. First up is Lee Shockley's 'Shockwave,' a semi without the trailer, but with three Pratt and Whitney jet engines, which tools merrily along at 376 mph, flames pouring from its exhaust pipes as it races to catch a jet. Late to school? Paul Stender's 'School Time' bus will get you there at 367 mph, though it only gets one mile per 150 gallons of fuel. Brio meets absurdity on steroids in this dramatically illustrated--both photos and drawings--survey that also makes learning about jet propulsion, tire construction, and sidewinder rattlers a hoot. Megafast Motorcycles delivers the same treatment to two-wheelers. With considerable panache, Farndon bestows these beasts with their very own brand of beauty."--starred, Kirkus Reviews

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromThird Grade

Dewey Decimal629.224

Grade ToSixth Grade

SynopsisClimb into the cabs of the world's fastest trucks. They may be big, but these machines can really move! Roar off in the three jet engines of the Shockwave--powered to 376 mph (605 km/h)! Ride in the Banks Sidewinder Dodge Dakota, which set a world record at 217 mph (349 km/h)! Go off-roading in the fastest off-road terrain conqueror, the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. Colorful illustrations capture these swift, powerful beasts on the road and off, while interesting text features highlight jet propulsion, turbocharging, and great truck racers past and present., Climb into the cabs of the world's fastest trucks. They may be big, but these machines can really move Roar off in the three jet engines of the Shockwave--powered to 376 mph (605 km/h) Ride in the Banks Sidewinder Dodge Dakota, which set a world record at 217 mph (349 km/h) Go off-roading in the fastest off-road terrain conqueror, the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. Colorful illustrations capture these swift, powerful beasts on the road and off, while interesting text features highlight jet propulsion, turbocharging, and great truck racers past and present.

LC Classification NumberTL230.15.F37 2016