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41) I'm on it!
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Frog and Goat turn a simple game into an all-out competition, things get out of hand...until finally, they're over it"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Patryk and Jurek are as much friends as rivals in the small Russian-occupied Polish village where they live. When, in August 1914, Patryk finds an old button on the forest floor, Jurek becomes wildly jealous. Not long after, World War I comes to Poland, bringing one invading army after another to the village. Jurek devises an exciting dare among the seven boys in their pack: whoever steals the best military button will be Button King. The boys agree....
Author
Series
Stinky Boys Club volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sam and the other members of the Stinky Boys Club challenge MJ and her friends to a competition to prove once and for all that the boys are better than the girls.
45) The finalists
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
On a beautiful spring day, six college students with nothing in common besides a desperate inability to pay for school gather to compete for the prestigious Hyde Fellowship. Milo -- the front-runner. Natalia -- the brain. James -- the rule follower. Sydney -- the athlete. Duffy -- the cowboy. Emily -- the social justice warrior. The six of them must surrender their devices when they enter Hyde House, an aging Victorian structure that sits in a secluded...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Friends Jamie, Isabella, and Angeline engage in a bit of friendly competition, but when it is determined that the loser must play "dare or worse dare" with Isabella, all bets are off.
47) Racing the waves
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A fish participates in a school field day."--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"One to Watch meets Beach Read in Jenny L. Howe's smart, swoony debut The Make-Up Test, in which two exes find themselves battling against each other-and their unresolved feelings-for a spot in a prestigious Ph.D. program.."--
Author
Publisher
Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The co-founder of the Girls Gone Strong women's education platform counsels readers on how to identify the misconceptions that pit women against each other, outlining actionable steps for promoting both a better world and personal fulfillment.
Author
Series
Galaxy Zack volume 15
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Picked to represent their planet Nebulon in the Interstellar Space Race, Zack and his friends navigate their specially designed car through an underwater maze, around planetary rings, and through the stars! But when trouble stirs within the team, Zack must take charge. Can he lead them to victory?"--
52) Fire & flood
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Tella's brother Cody is sick and getting worse, so when she finds instructions on how to become a contender in the dangerous Brimstone Bleed race where she can win a cure for him, she jumps at the chance--but there is no guarantee that she will win, or even survive.
53) Time-out
Author
Series
Athlete vs. mathlete series volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Owen wins the last spot at the local basketball camp, leaving his twin Russ to join the "Multi-Sport Sampler" camp, but while Russ is inspired to study various sports and make sense of them, Owen is frustrated by not being the star.
54) Infamous
Author
Series
Beautiful idols volume 3
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When Gon returns home to share his success with his Aunt Mito, he finds a message from his father: "Come and find me." The only clues lie in a rare and mysterious video game, Greed Island. Gon must raise money to bid on the game, but the evil Phantom Troupe also have plans for the auction.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Like Big Little Lies with standardized testing, this addictive novel digs hard into the culture of striving parents and anxious children, exploring privilege, competition and the elusiveness of happiness. A deeply pleasurable read."-Meg Wolitzer.
"This deliciously sharp novel captures the relentless ambitions and fears that animate parents and their children in modern America, exploring the conflicts between achievement and potential, talent and...
57) Top elf
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Ollie has always been happy just being an elf and inventing new games for Christmas with his best friend Celia--but then the current Santa (descendent of the original) decides to retire and announces that there will be an open competition for the position of next Santa (his son Klaus is not pleased) and suddenly Ollie and the other elves are vying with the Santa children for the Big Red Suit.
Author
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"So You Wanna Run a Country? is a satirical parable of the perils of authoritarianism, nationalism, and device-dependent groupthink. After almost a century of being shut off from the rest of the world in self-imposed isolation, the neo-medieval statelet of Inner Azhuur suddenly volunteers to host the next season of the global streaming sensation So You Wanna Run a Country? The producers must now assemble the next crew of unqualified misfits whose...
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