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  Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  To: Geronimo Stilton

  Two Pedals?!

  A Bicycle Helmet?

  I Hope You Like Riding Bicycles!

  Uncle Geronimo, You’re My Hero!

  The Team

  Good for You, Champ!

  What If We Move Mr. X …

  Hope Hospital

  I Can’t Sleep!

  Welcome to San Diego!

  You Must Be the N.M.C. Crew!

  On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

  Welcome to Arizona

  Cheer Up, Cheesehead!

  My Turn!

  The Grand Canyon!

  Just Like the Old Cowboy Movies

  From 120 Degrees to 40 Degrees!

  Laughter Is the Best Medicine

  Uphill Struggles

  Pedal! Pedal! Pedal!

  A Breathless Finish!

  Friends Together! Mice Forever!

  Hey, Cheesehead, Are You Sleeping?

  The Real Heroes!

  About the Author

  Maps

  More Fabumouse Adventures

  Copyright

  Copyright

  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the copyright holder. For information regarding permission, please contact: Atlantyca S.p.A., Via Leopardi 8, 20123 Milan, Italy; e-mail [email protected], www.atlantyca.com.

  eISBN 978-0-545-39352-2

  Copyright © 2006 by Edizioni Piemme S.p.A., Via Tiziano 32, 20145 Milan, Italy.

  International Rights © Atlantyca S.p.A.

  English translation © 2009 by Atlantyca S.p.A.

  GERONIMO STILTON names, characters, and related indicia are copyright, trademark, and exclusive license of Atlantyca S.p.A. All rights reserved. The moral right of the author has been asserted.

  Based on an original idea by Elisabetta Dami.

  www.geronimostilton.com

  Published by Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. SCHOLASTIC and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc.

  Stilton is the name of a famous English cheese. It is a registered trademark of the Stilton Cheese Makers’ Association. For more information, go to www.stiltoncheese.com.

  Text by Geronimo Stilton

  Original title La corsa più pazza d’America!

  Cover by Giuseppe Ferrario

  Illustrations by Danilo Barozzi, Francesco Castelli, and Christian Aliprandi

  Graphics by Merenguita Gingermouse and Michela Battaglin

  Special thanks to Beth Dunfey

  Translated by Lidia Morson Tramontozzi

  Interior design by Kay Petronio

  First printing, April 2009

 

 

  Geronimo Stilton, The Race Across America

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