"Pearl lives on a ranch where her chores include collecting eggs and feeding ornery ostriches. She has three older brothers, who don't coddle her at all. And she knows a thing or two about horses, too. One day, Pearl's brothers get cushy jobs doing stunts for this new form of entertainment called "moving pictures." They're the Daredevil Donnelly Brothers, a Death-Defying Cowboy Trio. Before she knows it, Pearl has stumbled into being a stunt girl...

"Engaging images accompany information about stunt performers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--

Prepare yourself for fits of uncontrollable laughter and waves of nausea as the guys launch their battered bodies into an onlslaught of absurd situations.

For the adrenaline junkie, what could be better than being paid to jump off buildings or to be lit on fire? This book is stuffed with stunt history and engaging trivia, while it does emphasize safety, the daring volume examines numerous aspects of the wild and dangerous niche career of the stunt performer.

Give readers an inside look at the dangerous job of stunt performers. Additional features include a table of contents, a Fast Facts spread, critical-thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an index, a selected bibliography, an introduction to the author, and sources for further research.

"In a top-ten format presents the worlds most daring stunts"--

Twenty-two-year-old pop star Cherry Pye is attempting a comeback from her latest drug and alcohol disaster. Ann DeLusia is Cherry's "undercover stunt double", portraying Cherry whenever the singer is too wasted to go out in public. But, one night, Ann-as-Cherry is mistakenly kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by an obsessed paparazzo named Bang Abbott. Now the challenge for Cherry's handlers (über-stage mother; horndog record producer; nipped-and-tucked...

Johnny Thyme, a stuntkid known in the movie business as Johnny Hangtime, stunt-doubles for teen superstar Ricky Corvette, but what will he do when his favorite director asks him to perform the super-dangerous stunt that killed his father?

The sole witness to a murder, stuntwoman Rachel Denning found the perfect hideout until a man appears in her remote cabin. But Dallas Manning isn't there to kill her, he's there to recover in his retreat.

"Describes the activities of stunt men and women, their various stunts in and out of the movies, safety precautions, and famous stunt people"--Provided by publisher.