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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Brady and his cousin Quinn love extreme sports, but nothing could prepare them for the aftermath of Brady's close encounter with a meteorite after it crashes into his Black Hills, South Dakota, bedroom.
2) Thrill me
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Maya Farlow learned the hard way to depend only on herself, so when she fell too deeply for the bad-boy charms of Del Mitchell, she did the only thing she could--she ran. Stunned, Del left Fool's Gold to make his name and fortune in esxtreme sports. Now ten years leater, May's been hired to promote her hometown's new slogan, The Destination for Romance. The celebrity spokesman is none oter than Del, the man she dumped but never forgot. Awkward! Although...
4) Point Break
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
A young FBI agent, Johnny Utah, infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes, led by the charismatic Bodhi. The athletes are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes in extremely unusual ways. Deep undercover, and with his life in imminent danger, Utah strives to prove they are the architects of this string of inconceivable crimes.
5) Dawn Wall
Publisher
Red Bull Media House
Pub. Date
[2018].
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In January, 2015, American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson captivated the world with their effort to climb the Dawn Wall, a seemingly impossible 3,000 foot rock face in Yosemite National Park, California. The pair lived on the sheer veritical cliff for weeks, igniting a frenzy of global media attention. But for Tommy Caldwell, the Dawn Wall was much more than just a climb. It was the culmination of a lifetime defined by overcoming...
10) Dino-Boarding
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meat-eating and vegetarian dinosaurs compete in surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding events.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Braving poison ivy, briars, and other hazards while taking part in a contest of "Extreme Croquet, " Meg Langlow stumbles upon the body of a dead woman, whose head has been bashed in by a croquet mallet, and launches her own investigation.
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Takes sports to the extreme! Learn to fly like the wind when you take waterskiing to a whole new level, speed down a hill at lightening speed with no brakes, hit the mountains to meet some Olympic snowboarders and gear up for some off road racing.
13) BMX racing
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the sport of BMX racing, including the gear needed, the moves, and famous racers.
Author
Publisher
New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, by arrangement with Amazon Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"An exploration of how extreme athletes are able to break the limits of ultimate human performance and what we can learn from their mastery of the state of consciousness known as "flow." "--
17) Mountain
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From Tibet to Australia, Alaska to Norway armed with drones, Go-Pros and helicopters, director Jennifer Peedom has fashioned an astonishing symphony of mountaineers, ice climbers, free soloists, heliskiers, snowboarders, and parachuting mountain bikers. Willem Dafoe provides a narration sampled from British mountaineer Robert Macfarlane's acclaimed memoir Mountains of the Mind.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about skateboarding street style. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone High-Interest Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
How do they do that? Readers go "behind the moves" in this series to discover how extreme athletes perform their daring, gravity-defying stunts. High-action photographs illustrate fantastic feats, while easy-to-read text explains the process and basic physics behind the moves. Each book also contains information on equipment and safety precautions. Extreme sports enthusiasts will be back for more!
