Lightning McQueen is a hot-shot young race car on his way to becoming a national champion ... until he gets impounded in Radiator Springs. Now McQueen can only spin his wheels, thinking about the big race he’s going to miss. But if McQueen can open his heart to small town life, the townsfolk of Radiator Springs just might teach him that being a champion has more to do with heart than crossing the finish line first.
Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW) is the world’s largest publisher of children’s books, magazines, and apps, with over 700 million products sold each year. DPW consists of an extensive worldwide books and magazines licensing structure as well as vertically integrated publishing imprints, including Disney-Hyperion and Disney Press in the US and Disney Libri in Italy. Headquartered in Glendale, California, DPW publishes books, magazines, and digital products in 85 countries in 75 languages.
Lisa Papademetriou is the author of A Tale of Highly Unusual Magic, the Confectionately Yours series, and many more novels for middle grade readers. Her books have appeared on several prestigious lists, including the Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year list, the NYPL Best Books for Teens list, and the Texas Lone Star Reading List. A former editor, Lisa is the founder of the humorous grammar website IvanaCorrectya.com and serves as a faculty member at Sierra Nevada College in their MFA Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults program. You can visit her online at www.LisaPapa.com.
Grover Gardner (a.k.a. Tom Parker) is an award-winning narrator with over a thousand titles to his credit. Named one of the “Best Voices of the Century” and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.