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61) Freestyle
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cory's dance crew is getting ready for a major competition. It's the last one before they graduate eighth grade and go their separate ways to high schools all over New York City, so they have to make it count! The group starts to have problems as their crew captain gets increasingly intense about nailing the routine, and things go from bad to worse when Cory's parents ground him for not taking his grades seriously. He gets stuck with a new tutor,...
62) Gourd to death
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When a contestant in the pumpkin pie contest is found crushed under an enormous pumpkin, Val Harris, the owner of Pie Town, wonders if this will be her last Halloween.
63) Teen spirit
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Violet is a shy teenager who dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion for singing. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a local singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition. Driven by a pop-fueled soundtrack, it is a visceral and stylish spin on the Cinderella story.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"An unforgettable year in the life of a visionary high school science teacher and his award-winning students, as they try to get into college, land a date for the prom. and possibly change the world. Andy Bramante left his successful career as a corporate scientist to teach public high school--and now helms one of the most remarkable classrooms in America. Bramante's unconventional class at Connecticut's prestigious yet diverse Greenwich High School...
Author
Series
Country cooking school mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
At Gram's Country Cooking School, Isabelle "Betts" Winston and her grandmother share their home-style culinary secrets. But what they keep to themselves are the secrets of Broken Rope, a quiet little Missouri town, that isn't nearly as quiet as it seems. A fresh school year begins as Gram and Betts anxiously await the arrival of their new crop of students. But their enthusiasm is thwarted when a stranger named Freddie O'Bannon arrives and claims to...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Relates how four undocumented Mexican immigrants in Arizona put together an underwater robot from scavenged parts and went on to win the National Underwater Robotics Competition at UC Santa Barbara.
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Phyllis loves to spend quality time with her grandson. She'll be taking him to a festival with hopes of winning the baking contest-now that her friendly competitor, Carolyn, is judging and not competing. But when a decorative scarecrow is actually a dead body in disguise, it's Phyllis's sleuthing skills that are needed. The dead body is that of the festival's organizer- and his wife, Carolyn's friend, falls under suspicion. Carolyn turns to Phyllis...
70) Puzzle
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A closely observed portrait of Agnes, who has reached her early 40s without ever venturing far from home, family or the tight-knit immigrant community in which she was raised by her widowed father. That begins to change in a quietly dramatic fashion when Agnes receives a jigsaw puzzle as a birthday gift and experiences the heady thrill of not only doing something she enjoys, but being very, very good at it.
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
日本語
Description
The seventh part of the series contains episodes 79-91 of the anime directed by Ryota Nakamura. In an effort to teach Future Zeno about martial arts, Zeno calls for an exhibition match between the 7th and 9th Universes. Afterward, Goku searches for the 7th Universe₂s ten best fighters. Will he put together a strong enough team in time?
72) Bobsled and luge
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus High Interest/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Olympic bobsled, luge, and skeleton events. Includes descriptions of each of these men's and women's sliding sports. Readers will get a primer to some rules and athletes that may participate in the 2018 Peyong Chang, South Korea Winter Olympic Games. Includes Q & A feature, table of contents, glossary, further resources, and index"--
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Join the agents of Odd Squad for a competition featuring crazy math challenges where the winner gets to be Ms. O for a day and run Odd Squad! Agent Otto is chosen to compete, but so is the villain Odd Todd, Agent Olive's former partner. Will Odd Todd eliminate each of his competitors and shut down Odd Squad forever if he wins?
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Winter in Balsam Dell is a snowy affair, and to add in some cheer after the holidays Carly's former classmate Klarissa Taddeo is hosting her extravagant bridal shower at the historic Balsam Dell inn. But when a double-booking throws some mold in the cheese, Klarissa is left scrambling. Dawn, the maid of honor and wedding planner, saves the day by moving the shower to her family's mansion and books Carly to cater the party. It seems the group is going...
Publisher
Hallmark
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
With Christmas just weeks away, the architecture firm Taylor works for enters her in a contest in which the teams will design and build life-sized gingerbread houses. But when their backer backs out, Taylor stumbles into a local bakery and meets Adam, a baker, and single dad. In the act of desperation, Taylor convinces Adam to partner with her for the contest, arguing that winning would give the bakery and his designs much-needed exposure.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the quiet coastal community of Cape Willington, Maine, Candy Holliday is a local farmer who dutifully tends to her blueberry fields--and steps in to solve the occasional murder... When Candy organizes a cooking event for her local newspaper, the town's most prominent citizens turn out to witness the popular cookbook author Julia von Fleming serve as a guest judge. But when Julia comes close to consuming a poisoned pickle, she begins to suspect...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
British amateur bakers compete in a series of weekly baking challenges, each episode introducing a new technical skill and a challenge in each of three categories: Sigature Bake, to test creative flair and basic baking ability; Technical Bake, in which contestants are given basic recipes consisting of an ingredients list and minimal instruction; and Showstopper Bake, designed to display baking virtuosity.
78) Pitch perfect 2
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
After a botched performance at Lincoln Center, the Barden Bellas are stripped of their performing duties in the college circuit, so they set their sites on the a capella world tournament to redeem themselves.
Author
Series
Fern Falls volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Pastry chef Ben enters a competition to bring him national recognition and plans to confess his love for his musician/mechanic neighbor, Adam, on live TV.
Author
Series
Mindy Kim volume 6
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Mindy Kim loves food...When a local pizza place advertises a trivia competition, Mindy can't believe that the big prize is unlimited pizza for a whole year! Mindy is confident she and her dad can take the top spot. But Dad is worried he might not understand all the cultural references. And he wants Mindy to know that the most important thing is to always try your best, even if you don't win"--
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