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    ThunderTrucks!: Monster Truck Myths
    ThunderTrucks!: Monster Truck Myths
    ThunderTrucks!: Monster Truck Myths
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    ThunderTrucks!: Monster Truck Myths

    By Blake Hoena and Carlo Molinari

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    Monster trucks collide with Greek myths in this high-octane chapter book. With towering tires and earth-shaking engines, the world's mightiest monster trucks - the ThunderTrucks - crush the competition. Follow the legendary HERCULES monster truck through the ultimate obstacle course! See PERSEUS soar over ginormous jumps! Watch THESEUS face-off, bumper-to-bumper, against his meanest mechanical foe BULLISTIC! And much more monster truck mayhem!! With short, action-packed chapters and high-powered art, the ThunderTrucks will have little motorheads and mythology fans alike shifting their reading habits into high gear.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateMar 1, 2018
    ISBN9781684360017
    ThunderTrucks!: Monster Truck Myths
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    Blake Hoena

    An editor and script doctor extraordinaire, Blake is also an author of dozens of graphic novels. His published works have been licensed through DC Comics, National Geographic Kids, and Sports Illustrated Kids.

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      Book preview

      ThunderTrucks! - Blake Hoena

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      MONSTER MAZE!

      CHAPTER ONE

      THUNDERJAM 3000!

      Tires screech!

      Exhaust fills the air!

      VROOOOM! VROOOOM!

      Inside a giant arena, a sellout crowd of monster trucks revs their engines with excitement.

      A new truck named Theseus parks among the fully fueled fans. He’s there to watch the annual ThunderJam 3000!

      Every year, the biggest, loudest ThunderTrucks on Earth compete in three death-defying events.

      Next up, an announcer roars, "ten-time tire-jumping champion… PERSEUS!"

      The crowd flashes their high beams with delight. The sky-blue ThunderTruck rolls to the starting line. His custom, winged paint job glitters in their headlights.

      Without delay, Perseus puts pedal to metal and speeds toward a ramp.

      FWOOOOSH!

      The high-flying ThunderTruck soars over a long row of flaming tires. He lands safely on the other side with a massive THUMP!

      Ninety tires! the announcer booms.

      BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

      The crowd gives three honks for their champion.

      Just then, Theseus spots something in his rearview mirror. Look! the rookie truck cries out.

      A giant, flame-red monster truck rumbles into the arena and revs its engine.

      SNORT! SNORT! SNORT!

      Thick, black smoke spews from two horn-shaped pipes on the vehicle’s hood.

      Ladies and gentletrucks, we have one final competitor, the announcer sputters with fear. BULLISTIC!

      The megaton monster truck hits the gas and spins circles at the starting line. A cloud of dust spills onto the crowd.

      Cough! Cough! Theseus’ air filter clogs with grit and grime. His windshield cakes with mud. I can’t see! he shouts, turning his wipers on high.

      When the dust finally clears, Bullistic is parked at the end of an impossibly long row of flaming tires.

      One hundred tires! the announcer calls out. That’s a new ThunderJam record, folks!

      Happy honks fills the arena.

      Huh? Theseus exclaims.

      Did anytruck actually see Bullistic jump those tires? the rookie truck wonders.

      Before Theseus can argue with the results, the next competition begins.

      Prepare yourselves, the announcer booms, "for the… TUG-O-WAR!!"

      RUMMMMBBBLE!

      A deep rumbling fills the arena. The asphalt beneath the spectators’ tires begins to quake and crack.

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