Nascar Racers: Official Owner's Manual [Paperback]

Mel Gilden (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Series: Nascar

You're In The Driver's Seat

Welcome to the NASCAR Unlimited Division, where the competition is intense and the racing is extreme.Unlimited racecars are the ultimate in high tech, built to reach unheard-of speeds, perform incredible stunts, and take on impossible off-road courses!Are you ready for action?Because we're only getting started...

Strap yourself in, because you're about to go for a wild ride.But first you have to learn how to engage your turbojet boosters, morph your tires, and refuel at the IMP.

This book takes you behind the wheel of Charger's Unlimited Division racecar.You'll experience all of the awesome features of this premier speed machine as you go on a typical driver-training evaluation and learn how to win on extreme terrain.And don't forget to personalize the track pass and driver's license inside--you can't join Team Fastex without them!

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About the Author

Mel Gilden is a well-established children's book author and primary contributor to the popular Fifth Grade Monsters series, and the My Brother Blubb books.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (May 3, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061071811
• ISBN-13: 978-0061071812
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,181,091 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mel Gilden is the author of many children's books, some of which received rave reviews in such places as School Library Journal and Booklist. His multi-part stories for children appeared frequently in the Los Angeles Times. His popular novels and short stories for grown-ups have also received good reviews in the Washington Post and other publications. (See new publications under his name at the Kindle Store of Amazon.com.)
Licensed properties include adaptations of feature films, and of TV shows such as Beverly Hills, 90210; and NASCAR Racers. He has also written books based on video games and has written original stories based in the Star Trek universe. His short stories have appeared in many original and reprint anthologies.
He has written cartoons for TV, has developed new shows, and was assistant story editor for the DIC television production of The Real Ghostbusters. He consulted at Disney and Universal, helping develop theme park attractions. Gilden spent five years as co-host of the science-fiction interview show, Hour-25, on KPFK radio in Los Angeles.
Gilden lectures to school and library groups, and has been known to teach fiction writing. He lives in Los Angeles, California, where the debris meets the sea, and still hopes to be an astronaut when he grows up.