Alex Ranarivelo
1) Dirt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Life hasn't been easy for seventeen year old Dez Truss. As the sole provider for his younger sister, Dez has turned to a life of crime to make ends meet. When he's caught boosting cars for an auto-theft ring, he's given one last chance to set his life straight.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sara Gold is a rising star at the United Animal Protection Agency (UAPA), a major animal rights organization that conducts animal rescues and lobbies for better animal welfare laws. Handpicked for a major assignment, Sara goes undercover as a college intern to infiltrate a suspected "puppy mill" run by the enigmatic Daniel Holloway.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Marshall Bennett is a young soldier with the Army Motorcycle Unit who survives an IED explosion in combat overseas, and is medically discharged with a broken back and leg and sent back to the U.S. When he gets home to his family farm, he discovers that his dad, Cal, is behind in the mortgage and may lose the farm. Against all odds, Marshall pledges to help his family by the only means he knows how, as a motocross racer.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Young New York journalist Emma Gardner returns to the idyllic Central California farming community where she was raised, only to find it has been ravaged by drought and has become a place ruled by gangs, violent threats, and greed. She is forced to investigate the suspicious circumstances of her father's death even though it puts her in great danger.
6) Running wild
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Stella Davis is a widow who saves her ranch by working with convicts to rehabilitate a herd of wild horses that wandered on to her property. She must fight prejudice, greed, bureaucracy and vanity to finally understand that there is no better remedy to misfortune than helping another living creature.
9) Born 2 race
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After crashing his car in an illegal street race, a teenage driver moves in with his estranged father, a former NASCAR racer, and decides to enter the NHRA High School Drags.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In this inspiring tale based on true events, seventeen-year-old Ali Jahani is a newcomer to a small California town, where he stands out as different in an unwelcoming community. Living with his embittered uncle, the boy faces a mountain of adversity everywhere he turns. Rejected by everyone but determined to fit in, he joins the schools' floundering wrestling team. With a chance to change how others see him, Ali must step up and learn to be a hero....
12) Born to Race
Author
Language
English
Description
Born To Race is the story of Danny Krueger, a rebellious young street racer on a collision course with trouble. After an accident at an illegal street race, he is sent to a small town to live with his estranged father, a washed up NASCAR racer. When Danny decides to enter the NHRA High School Drags, he's forced to seek his father's help in taking down the local hot shot.
13) The ride
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a BMX champion who overcomes an abusive childhood through the support and care of his interracial foster family.