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Author
Series
Galaxy Zack volume 7
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
Zack and Drake venture to Gluco, the candy planet, for some Easter fun but while competing in such activities as an egg toss and a three-legged race, Zack is so determined to come in first that he considers cheating to win.
24) The Golden Acorn
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Whoosh! Squirrel takes off at full speed through the autumn leaves. But pump the brakes, because this year The Golden Nut Hunt race it is a team event. Squirrel reluctantly enlists her friends and is not impressed. Will Squirrel's competitive spirit take over or will she learn how to be a team player? Best-selling author Katy Hudson (Too Many Carrots and A Loud Winter's Nap) proves that winning isn't everything in this energetic picture book about...
25) Pru's diary
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Lucky, Abigail, and Pru are traveling to a circus exhibition with El Circo dos Grillos where Pru gets to perform a clown act, but Catalina keeps acting like her performance is going to be better than Pru's.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the summer of 1996 and school's out forever for Andy, her boyfriend Marcus, her best friend Peter, and Em. When Andy's alcoholic mother predicts the apocalypse, the four teenagers decide to see out the end of the world at a deserted manor house, the site of a historic unsolved mystery. There they meet David?charming and unreliable, he seems to have appeared out of nowhere. David presents an irresistible lure for both Andy and Peter and complicates...
27) Racing the waves
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A fish participates in a school field day"--
Author
Series
Tiny pretty things volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gigi, Bette, and June, three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet school, have seen their fair share of drama. Free-spirited new girl Gigi just wants to dance -- but the very act might kill her. Privileged New Yorker Bette's desire to escape the shadow of her ballet star sister brings out a dangerous edge in her. And perfectionist June needs to land a lead role this year or her controlling mother will put an end to her dancing dreams forever....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Libros para niños
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Español
Description
When Olivia sells cookies for her Young Pioneers troop, she hopes her lucky tights help her to sell more boxes of cookies than Francine.
¿Podrá Olivia vender más galletas que Francine este año? A lo mejor sí, ¡si lleva sus mallas de la buena suerte!
30) Sweet Buttercup
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
While staying at their grandmother's ranch, sisters Tori and Miranda are practicing to compete in different events at the local horse show--but Ashley, a rude and conceited girl who is stabling her pony at the ranch, is constantly criticizing everthing, their costumes, their ponies, Jewel and Buttercup, and generally draining the fun out of the summer.
Author
Series
Tiny pretty things volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
June is starting to finally see herself as a prima ballerina. However, getting what she wants might cost her everything including the only boy shes ever loved. Legacy dancer Bette is determined to clear her name after she was suspended and accused of hurting her rival, Gigi. Even if she returns, though, will she ever regain the spotlight she craves? And Gigi is not going to let Bette or the other dancers who bullied her go unpunished. But as revenge...
Author
Series
Publisher
NY
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Beatrix wins the school science fair every year because she uses magic to cheat, but this year her un-magical twin Olive is convinced that her own project on molds will win--until a fight over space upsets both projects and turns Olive's mold into a stinky, moldy blob monster which is alive, growing, and threatening to overwhelm the school.
Author
Language
English
Description
In 2006, Julia Lerner is living in Moscow, a recent university graduate in computer science, when she?s recruited by Russia?s largest intelligence agency. By 2018, she?s in Silicon Valley as COO of Tangerine, one of America?s most famous technology companies. In between her executive management (make offers to promising startups, crush them and copy their features if they refuse); self promotion (check out her latest op-ed in the WSJ, on Work/Life...
Author
Series
Zara's rules volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten-year-old (nearly eleven) Zara's nickname is "Queen of the Neighborhood" because she organizes the other children (even the older ones), sets the rules, and generally makes sure everyone has fun; but now another ten-year-old, Naomi, has moved in acrossthe street and she has her own ideas about fun games, and suddenly the other kids (even Zara's younger brother Zayd) are listening to Naomi--if she is going to retain her influence Zara needs to come...
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Brazilian American twin siblings, Lia and Luais, are always competing, even when it comes to their favorite Brazilian snacks from their family's store; they want to know which of them has more, and they use various mathematical techniques to pick a winner--and then share the delicious results.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Jack Wickman is tired of skating in his big sister's shadow, after all she is five years older and a goalie (on the boys' team!) and he skates center so they really should not be compared to each other--he is convinced that he has the hockey talent, so all he needs is the chance to make a breakaway of his own.
37) I'm on it!
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2021]
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
Language
English
Description
"A chilling and blisteringly relevant literary novel of social horror centered around a brutal killing that takes place in a full-contact haunted escape room-a provocative exploration of capitalism, hate politics, racial fetishism, and our obsession withfear as entertainment. On April 27, 1997, four contestants make it to the final cell of the Quigley House, a full-contact haunted escape room in Lincoln, Nebraska, made famous for its monstrosities,...
39) Simmer down
Author
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In this finger-licking good rom-com, two is the perfect number of cooks in the kitchen. Nikki DiMarco knew life wouldn't be all sunshine and coconuts when she quit her dream job to help her mom serve up mouthwatering Filipino dishes to hungry beach goers, but she didn't expect the Maui food truck scene to be so eat-or-be-eaten--or the competition to be so smoking hot. But Tiva's Filipina Kusina has faced bigger road bumps than the arrival of Callum...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Peasprout Chen dreams of becoming a legend of wu liu, the deadly and beautiful art of martial arts figure skating. As the first students from the rural country of Shin to attend Pearl Famous Academy of Skate and Sword, Peasprout and her little brother, Cricket, have some pretty big skates to fill. They soon find themselves in a heated competition for top ranking. Tensions rise when the dazzling pearl buildings of the academy are vandalized, and...
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