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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...
62) The Steves
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When two puffins named Steve meet, they begin arguing about who is first, greatest, wisest, and more until they realize they have gone too far.
63) Salt and sugar
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Trust neither thin-bottomed frying pans nor Molinas. Lari Ramires has always known this to be true. In Olinda, Brazil, her family's bakery, Salt, has been at war with the Molinas' bakery across the street, Sugar, for generations. But Lari's world turns upside down when her beloved grandmother passes away. On top of that, a big supermarket chain has moved to town, forcing many of the small businesses to close. Determined to protect her home, Lari does...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Buy a bar of fair trade chocolate and help people in the developing world, too. This is the unique selling point of Divine Chocolate - but is it too good to be true? Social enterprise: Divine was set up a co-op of cocoa farmers in Ghana to give them a share in the profits from their cocoa beans. Divine is a social enterprise and claims its ethical motivation shapes everything it does. But it's had to fight a major marketing battle to find a place...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through...
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When tweens Izzy, Ty, Kevin, JJ, and Mackenzie first heard there was going to be a kids' version of the reality TV obstacle competition National Ninja Champion, they all found themselves drawn to Fit Kidz gym. They quickly formed a team--training together and helping one another overcome all kinds of obstacles on the journey to Junior Ninja Champion. It's surreal but exciting to watch themselves on TV, and the show is a huge hit. Now, Izzy and JJ...
67) Tunes of glory
Series
Criterion collection volume 225
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c1960
Edition
Widescreen (1.66:1) presentation.
Language
English
Description
Jock Sinclair is a whiskey-drinking, by-the-bootstraps commanding officer of a peacetime Scottish battalion. Sinclair is a lifetime military man. He expects loyalty and respect from his men. But when Basil Barrow, an educated, by-the-book scion from a traditional military family enters the scene as Sinclair's replacement, the two men become locked in a fierce battle for control of the battalion and the hearts and minds of its men.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
What is fair trade? How does it work in practice? What difference is it making to people in the developing world? This is the story of fair trade fashion company People Tree. Sweatshop labour: The UK fashion business is worth over {dollar}40 billion annually. But beneath the industry's glamorous facade, there's an inconvenient truth: most of the clothes are made in the developing world using sweatshop labour. People Tree set out to make a difference,...
69) Gear hero
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Nelson Greenwood loves drawing superheroes, particularly the hero of his own comic book, Major Speed, modeled on Nelson's twin brother Nick, a skilled BMX rider--but when a crash knocks Nick out of a competition, and he suggests that Nelson take his place, Nelson is not sure he can summon the skills of Major Speed and compete against the best BMX riders, particularly Nick's nemesis, Cain Otto.
70) 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
Aristokittens volume 2
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First hardcover edition, First paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
While hosting a Dog Biscuit Bake-Off in honor of their new puppy friends, a trio of siblings--the Aristokittens--are pitted against each other, which threatens to make this contest a furry fiasco!
72) The hating game
Language
English
Formats
Description
Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis Joshua, a rivalry that is complicated by her growing attraction to him.
74) Top Gun
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Thirtieth anniversary edition.
Language
English
Description
At the elite Navy Fighter Weapons School, cocky, young pilots compete against one another in the air as well as on the ground.
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 16
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo USA
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"Tras una desastrosa jornada deportiva en la escuela, Greg decide que lo de sudar la camiseta no es lo suyo, pero acepta a rega?adientes la sugerencia de su mam? de inscribirse en basquetbol. Las pruebas para entrar en el equipo le salen fatal y Greg cree que no lo escoger?n. Contra todo pron?stico, lo admiten. Al inicio de la temporada, las probabilidades de ganar un partido parecen bajas, pero cuando todo est? en juego, ¿estar? Greg a la altura...
76) El reto
Author
Publisher
Libre Albedrio Editorial
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Primera edici?n.
Language
Español
Description
Ardilla es una gran acr?bata y tiene alucinados a todos sus amigos del bosque con sus incre?bles saltos y piruetas. Mapache es el ?nico que no aplaude su talento, puesto que le tiene un poco de envidia. Para demostrar a todos que Ardilla no es tan habilidosa le propone un reto: ?l construir? el pr?ximo circuito de saltos. Ardilla acepta encantada. ¿Ser? capaz de conseguir superar cada reto que Mapache le va proponiendo? ¿Qu? ocurrir? con estos dos...
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...
78) Rivals
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In basketball-crazed Walthorne, rival middle school stars Austin Chambers and Carter Haswell are both feeling the pressure when school sports reporter Alfie Jenks reveals scandals that jeopardize the whole season. Told through flashbacks, newspaper reports, social media posts, and interviews.
80) Sorceline
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Mystified by her fellow humans, Sorceline, a student at Professor Archibald Balzar's prestigious school of cryptozoology, clashes with her fellow students until one of her rivals suddenly disappears and Sorceline joins in the quest to find her.
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