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Ben Jones novels volume 1
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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.
2) Lullaby road
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Ben Jones novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
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"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...
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"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...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"Little readers will learn all about what delivery drivers do, how they get their jobs done, and why they are important in our communities. Very simple text combined with correlating and colorful images will both inform and strengthen reading skills. " --
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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"This is the story of Zeke Hammond, a baby boomer, who joined the Marine Corps and drove a 26-wheeler in the DaNang area and on convoys into "Indian Country" where danger lurked around every corner. Truck drivers in Vietnam, regardless of their branch of service, were the unsung heroes of the war. They risked life and limb in support of American and allied operations against Viet Cong insurgents and North Vietnamese Army regulars, bringing food, water,...
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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...
10) No holding back
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McKenzies of Ridge Trail volume 1
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"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...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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"In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles in thirteen relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including "In The Tall Grass," one of two stories co-written with Stephen King, basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix. A little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping ground for a gang of hunters in "Faun." A grief-stricken librarian climbs behind...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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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:...
14) Big rig rescue!
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Pub. Date
[2021]
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When a semi tips over on a mountain road, Big Orange and its driver arrive quickly with a boom, a winch, and more, but can they pull the truck out before the storm arrives?
15) Ice road trucker
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Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"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.
16) Big rigs
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Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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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.
17) Truck drivers
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents examples of the daily routine of a truck driver, and how to get this kind of job.
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Little Hippo stories volume 3
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
Pretending to be a truck driver, Little Hippo runs into some roadblocks along the way, but his good friends help him reach his destination.
19) My big rig
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Simple text and illustrations introduce young readers to the life of a truck driver.
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Sheriff Virgil Dalton novels volume 1
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"Buddy Hinton is just a good ole boy. So when he disappears after a night drinking at the Black Bull, his friends just figure he went down to Mexico to find himself a girlfriend and will eventually come back. But this case quickly becomes a homicide after the sheriff discovers the missing man floating in one of his stock tanks. For a man who wasn't known to have enemies, Buddy clearly upset someone. Figuring out who that was will require Virgil and...