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21) Ciao for now
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Fashion means everything to Violet Luciano; so does finishing design school. When she lands a summer internship at an up-and-coming fashion brand in Rome, she knows she's got to bring her A game. The interns will be competing against each other: whoever creates the best fashion design will be offered a job at a New York label. Violet is at the top of her class, but she's one of the only students who's approaching thirty. Chasing her dream has left...
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus High Interest/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Olympic ice hockey and curling. Includes descriptions of each of these men's and women's ice sports, including the mixed doubles curling event. Readers will get a primer to some rules and athletes that may participate in the Winter Olympic Games. Includes Q&A feature, table of contents, glossary, further resources, and index"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Carlene Lovell is going to hit her no-good, deadbeat, cheatin' ass, soon-to-be ex-husband where it hurts: at the annual chili cook-off, which he's won for 10 years in a row. To win, though, she'll need more than a little help. Police Chief Jack Landry has been smitten with Carlene forever. Now that she needs some help keeping the peace (and getting revenge), it's his chance to prove that not all men are dogs.
25) Goldfish
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Lou Brown is a fast individual medley swimmer, training for the Olympics. But when she tanks the time trials, she starts over and goes back to school. It's hard to fit in with the existing social groups. But then, she begins to coach boys in a different type of swimming activity, for a different type of competition.
26) Lethal licorice
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018].
Language
English
Description
Harvest, Ohio, is a long way from New York City, where Bailey King left a coveted job as a head chocolatier to take over Swissmen Sweets, her Amish grandparents' candy shop. Now, while caring for her recently widowed grandmother, she plans to honor her grandfather's memory by entering the annual Amish Confectionery Competition. But between lavender blueberry fudge and chocolate cherry ganache truffles, Bailey may have bitten off more than she can...
Author
Series
InCryptid volume 5
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
While rescuing cryptids from bad situations, protecting them from monster hunters and risking her life daily for the greater good, Verity Price discovers that her ballroom dance career is alive and kicking when she receives a call from the producers of Dance or Die to compete in their new show. By a New York Times best-selling author. Original.
28) Backyard
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
When a local nursery introduces a gardening contest, the gardeners of Livia jump into the competition with a vengeance, including a middle-aged couple who risk their retirement savings, a garden witch, and a self-styled gardening expert.
29) Extra weird!
Author
Series
WeirDo volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Weir Do tries out for the school soccer team, while his father works on his dance moves for the local dance contest.
30) Asteroid City
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
31) Kings of beer
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A documentary about a diverse group of elite Brewmasters from around the globe, who compete in the world's most intense brewing competition.
32) No parm no foul
Author
Series
Grilled cheese mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"After a long hot summer in Balsam Dell, Carly Hale is ready for crisp Vermont weather and gourmet grilled cheeses at her Grilled Cheese Eatery. And the upcoming Halloween food competition is the perfect way to impress the locals. But Ferris Menard, the owner of Sub-a-Dub-Sub, is nursing a serious grudge against Carly. Two days before the competition, one of Carly's employees quit his part-time gig at Menard's sub shop, sending Menard into a serious...
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Tori Moore is a popular high school chemistry teacher and avid home baker who longs for something new, especially as she faces an empty nest as a single mom. At the urging of her twin teenagers, she auditions for the American Bake-o-Rama TV competition, telling herself that if she did somehow make it all the way, the prize money could allow her to finally open her own bakery. But still reeling from her divorce and long-held identity as responsible...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When a televised St. Patrick's Day cooking competition at Pans 'N Pancakes ends in murder for one unlucky person, owner Robbie, with a store full of both festive decorations and suspects, must expose a killer in their midst.
Author
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Nora Trier catches thieves. As a forensic accountant and partner in her downtown Minneapolis firm, she's unearthed millions in every corner of the world. She prides herself on her independence, the most essential currency of accounting, until her firm is hired by Strike. An anti-corporate, feminist athletic empire, Strike is owned by Logan Russo, a brash and legendary kickboxer, and her marketing genius husband, Gregg Abbott. They're about to host...
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After a startling meeting with Beerus' brother Champa goes sideways, the godly brothers decide to settle their differences in the best way possible: by putting their best fighters to the test. It's a battle of universes as Universe 7, the home of Goku and the Z Fighters, faces Universe 6, in a brand-new martial arts tournament. And the ultimate prize is worth fighting for, the Super Dragon Balls from Universe 6. Can Goku gather the best fighters for...
Author
Series
Blue-collar lovers volume 3
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"No one turns out luscious pies and to-die-for cakes like Marvin Carter. Few outside of the family know about his baking skills, but working as a restaurant line cook is getting old fast. Now he'll do whatever it takes to win start-up money from a major cooking contest and launch his own business. But his prime competition is making things hot for him in--and out--of the kitchen ... Naomi Carson is as savory as her soul food and has twice the spice....
40) Royal bake-off
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When Pinkie Pie decides to enter into the Royal Jelly Juggernaut competition, her friends try their best to make her baking a success.
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