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Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers....

From Kingda Ka in New Jersey to Steel Dragon 2000 in Japan, this book has the inside scoop on the fastest, tallest, most incredible amusement park rides in the world.

"A colorful survey of water rides, including their boats or slides and other features, descriptions of the ride experience, and a brief history. Famous water rides such as Splash Mountain are spotlighted"--

While Layla and her three Bots (Beep, Boop, and Bop) are setting up for their rock band's performance, she gets some bad news, Happy Days Amusement Park is closing; Layla thinks she has the perfect solution: turn the place into an amusement park for dogs--but the new rides have to pass a safety inspection before Happy Paws Amusement Park can open.

One day at HorrorLand: The Morris family are on their way to Zoo Garden, however seem to have lost their way. They soon find themselves in a theme park called "Horror Land." Luke and Lizzy want to go onto a few rides, so their parents decide to ask for directions. However soon the Morris family discovers that this theme park is not entirely safe. Welcome to Camp Nightmare: It's Billy's first time at summer camp. So far, the camp appears to be a perfectly...

Have fun while finding out about forces! Make reading your superpower with DK s beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about the forces that make amusement park rides go - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully leveled to help children progress. Amusement Park is a beautifully designed reader introducing forces and motion through the rides at an amusement park - all the fun of the fair, and forces!  The...