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41) Don't blink!
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A girl and her animal friends challenge the reader to a staring contest in this interactive picture book.
Author
Language
English
Description
Entering a contest to redesign late author Emrys Myrddin's estate, aspiring architect Effy Sayre arrives at Hiraeth Manor where she meets a stodgy young literature scholar who draws her into a battle against dark forces - both mortal and magical - that threatens to consume them both.
Author
Series
Song of wraiths and ruin volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts his younger sister, Nadia, as payment to enter the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal--kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia's freedom. But Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. Her mother, the Sultana, has been assassinated; her court threatens mutiny;...
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the competitive world of gymnastics, everyone wants to be the best, including Martina. During one week of intense competition she and her teammates will all be tested to their limits, leading to a terrible obsession and murder. Every girl will do anything to win, but at what cost?
46) Friendship games
Author
Series
My little pony. Equestria girls volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Canterlot High meets its rival school, Crystal Prep Academy, in a competition that's a long-standing tradition: The Friendship Games. Sunset Shimmer is tasked with keeping magic out of the games to avoid the appearance of impropriety while she and her friends compete against Crystal Prep's top students led by someone with an equal amount of interest in Equestrian magic.
Author
Series
Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Death at a beauty pageant turns Tita Rosie's Kitchen upside down in the latest entry of this witty and humorous cozy mystery series by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo. Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexistent despite the attention of two very eligible bachelors. Or her professional life, since she can't bring herself to open her new café after the unpleasantness that occurred...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Fluttershy is shocked to discover that her pet bunny Angel wants to enter the annual Fine Furry Friends Fair herding contest. Who's ever heard of a bunny herding cows and sheep? Fluttershy agrees to train him, but their first practice is a disaster. Fluttershy is too afraid of failure to continue, until all her friends bring something special to help out"--
Author
Series
Judy Moody volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third grade class to undertake an award-winning, environment-saving project.
Author
Series
Mr. Monkey volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mr. Monkey bakes a cake and enters it in a contest, but nothing goes as planned.
Author
Publisher
Underlined
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Arch-nemeses Emma, a die-hard romantic, and more-practical minded Sophia find themselves competing against one another for a coveted first-prize trip to a film festival in Los Angeles . . . what happens if their rivalry turns into a romance?"--Amazon.com
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In a small coastal town just a stone's throw from Tokyo, a prestigious piano competition is underway. Over the course of two feverish weeks, three students will experience some of the most joyous--and painful--moments of their lives. Though they don't know it yet, each will profoundly and unpredictably change the others, forever"--
56) Esports careers
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"More people are watching esports than ever before. But who works in this booming industry? Meet the people who make, play, and report on competitive gaming and learn how they make esports possible"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mama Bear's reminders about the true meaning of Thanksgiving are left in the dust as the spirit of competition takes over and Papa Bear and the cubs begin a campaign to win first prize in the Thanksgiving Pumpkin contest.
58) Rhino vs. hippo
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"What if a rhino and a hippo had a fight? Who do you think would win?"-- provided by publisher.
59) Take the lead
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Named one of the Best Romances of 2017 by Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post! A 2018 RITA® winner for Best First Book! "A sparkling debut." -Entertainment Weekly "Vibrantly written." -The Washington Post The first in a sizzling new series about finding love on and off the dance floor from #OwnVoices author Alexis Daria. Gina Morales wants to win. It's her fifth season on The Dance Off, a top-rated network TV celebrity dance competition,...
Author
Series
Timmy Failure volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the greatest detective agency in town, perhaps the nation, is about to crack the biggest case of his generation: a school competition to find a stolen globe.
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