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Author
Series
Franklin School friends volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Kelsey is the best reader in her third grade class, and she is determined to lead her class to victory in the alll-school reading contest.
Author
Publisher
Sigler
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Baking Blue Ribbons is a unique slice of Iowa history with stories and recipes from every generation since the first Iowa State Fair began. Meet pioneer women who baked the first winning cakes in woodstoves. Hear stories of farm wives who saved butter and sugar rations and kept the contests going after two world wars. Learn from today's champion bakers and expert food judges who share tips and techniques for baking blue ribbons at home.
64) Stateless
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stella North is one of twelve young pilots competing in a 1937 air race meant to promote peace in Europe, but when one of her competitors is sabotaged, Stella races to determine who is capable of murder, and who might be the next victim.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
©2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The popular TV show Girl power has come to Heartlake City. The program is hosting a challenge: whichever girl puts together the most creative entry showcasing why Heartlake City is special to her will appear on the show. Will it be Andrea, Emma, Mia, Stephanie or Olivia who takes the stage?
66) Spin the dawn
Author
Series
Blood of stars volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Disguising herself as a boy to compete for the position of imperial tailor, Maia must somehow complete the impossible task of sewing three magic gowns for the emperor's bride-to-be from the sun's laughter, the moon's tears, and the blood of stars.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When a mustachioed rabbit spots a mustache contest, he's sure he has the competition beat. That is, until a pesky frog hops up with his own fine mustache. And a duck waddles up with a...duckstache? Soon, the competition is full of moosestaches and mousestaches, whalestaches and tailstaches--and every kind of 'stache in between."--
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Zed and Gabe are back to their treasure-hunting, literary-sleuthing ways in this spooky new adventure! After some lacklustre cases involving lost books and a missing pet, the two friends have finally come across a mystery worth their attention: the secrets of Glyndebourne Manor, haunted home of a late, great opera designer. Every twenty-five years, the Manor hosts a challenge. You have three days and two nights to solve the puzzles in each room before...
70) Monarch: a novel
Author
Publisher
Soft Skull
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"After waking up with a strange taste in her mouth and mysterious bruises, former child beauty queen Jessica Clink unwittingly begins an investigation into a nefarious deep state underworld. Equipped with the eccentric education of her father, Dr. Clink (a professor of Boredom Studies and the founder of an elite study group on idleness, affect, and crime known as "The Devil's Workshop"), Jessica uncovers a disquieting connection between her former...
71) Game of gnomes
Author
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Tired of being known only for her curly red hair, Ginger Gnome competes in the Winter Gnome Games, where she definitely gets attention.
Author
Series
Franklin School friends volume 2
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Annika hopes to change her best friends' hatred of math by winning a Sudoku contest, but she does not realize how important their lack of mathematical ability is until they make a mistake at the school carnival.
75) Crossbones
Author
Series
Kingdom of Bones volume 1
Publisher
Wattpad Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The Blood Bell tolls, marking the death of the pirate king and the start of the Trials--a heart-stopping competition where the reward is the Bone Crown. Only one contender can claim the coveted island throne; each will gamble life and limb to win. Csilla Abado yearns to prove her strength to the seasoned pirates who balk at her youth and to her elder sister who has always craved Csilla's captainship. She will risk everything to become the first pirate...
Author
Series
Magnificent Mya Tibbs volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
As she awaits the arrival of a new baby sister, Mya is cornered into a bet with her enemy that forces her to spend every night studying and enters a chili cook-off despite her limited culinary skills.
77) Inherit midnight
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
"Avery is the black sheep of the wealthy VanDemere clan--the ostracized illegitimate daughter. So she's less than excited when her grandmother ropes her into a competition to determine the VanDemere most worthy of inheriting the family fortune, until a chance to gain information about her long-lost mother motivates Avery to try to win the game"--
Author
Series
Sunbearer duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Transgender demigod Teo is unexpectedly selected for the Sunbearer Trials, a fierce competition among demigod heroes where the winner sacrifices the loser to Sol, their blood fueling the Sun Stones that protect Reino del Sol.
"Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I'm just a Jade. I'm not a real hero." As each new decade begins, the Sun's power must be replenished so that Sol can keep traveling along the sky and keep the evil...
Author
Series
Unofficial gamer's adventure volume 3
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"In this third installment of the Minecraft Gamer's Adventure series, Steve is invited to participate in an elite building competition on Mushroom Island. His friends Max, Lucy, and Henry are impressed and want to join their friend on a journey to the island. Yet not everyone is happy: Steve's neighbor Kyra is upset because she wasn't chosen as a contestant. Steve asks Kyra to come to the competition and help the gang build boats to get to Mushroom...
80) Pencilympics
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Licenses
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Pencilmate signs up for the Pencilympics, a competition of super athletic challenges, in order to win a quadrillion dollar prize! Follow Pencilmate as he trains and competes in an intense game of Thumb War, basketball, karate, and more! Will Pencilmate win the grand prize? Read along to find out! "--Publisher's website.
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