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Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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Description
Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
22) Double Dutch
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Three eighth-grade friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship jump rope competition in their home town of Cincinnati, Ohio, cope with Randy's missing father, Delia's inability to read, and Yo Yo's encounter with the class bullies.
23) Don't blink
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A girl and her animal friends challenge the reader to a staring contest in this interactive picture book.
Author
Series
Song of wraiths and ruin volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
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, in exchange for Nadia's freedom"--Dust jacket flap.
25) Dumplin'
Author
Series
Dumplin' volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Willowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, Will and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs.
Author
Series
Gollywhopper Games volume 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
308 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Gil Goodson competes against thousands of other children at extraordinary puzzles, stunts, and more in hopes of a fresh start for his family, which has been ostracized since his father was falsely accused of embezzling money from Golly Toy and Game Company.
Author
Series
Stink Moody volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
A class visit to the Gross-Me-Out exhibit at the science museum inspires Stink Moody to create a variety of terrible smells to put on the sneakers he plans to enter in the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneaker contest.
29) Game time!
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
[Scholastic edition]
Physical Desc
122 pages : illustrations, some color ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hotdog, Lizzie, and Kev are training for GAME DAY! They want to win the big prize--an awesome trip to Rainbow Island! That's where Kev's mom lives! They'll need skill, speed, and strength. Do they have what it takes to win?--
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Rhy was wounded and the Dane twins fell, and the stone was cast with Holland's dying body through the rift, and into Black London. In many ways, things have almost returned to normal, though Rhy is more sober, and Kell is now plagued by his guilt. Restless, and having given up smuggling, Kell is visited...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
296 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Lia Sawyer teams up with Beckett--one of the charming Blackwell boys, the latest generation of a rival magic family--to win a stage magic contest and out-con the bad guys.
Author
Series
Amelia Bedelia series volume 27
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Amelia Bedelia inadvertently enters a baking contest and goes from being a smart cookie to a fortune cookie.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's Halloween and Hot Rod Hamster is going to a party! But first, he must come up with a costume that's fun and spooky enough to win the contest.
35) Harry's pony
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
When Harry wins a pony in a contest, his friends try to find a way to help him keep it, but it is his aunt and her friends who come up with a solution.
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Lemoncello holds a contest for his young friends where they must race to bring interesting facts back to his library."--
37) Just a kite
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hoping to participate in the Critterville Kite Flying Contest, Little Critter busily attempts to fly a kite and finds the activity more challenging than anticipated.
Author
Series
Hunger Games trilogy volume prequel
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given...
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
79 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Determined to win a trophy of some kind, first-grader Roscoe swaps a hand-knitted sweater from his grandmother for the chance to enter his new neighbor's very clever dog in a trick contest.
Author
Series
Marya Khan volume 4
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
141 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Excited for spring break, third-graders Marya, Hanna, and Alexa plan their visit to Skye Adventure Park, determined to experience all the park has to offer, but when Marya becomes determined to beat Alexa on the park's obstacle course she loses sight of everything else the park has to offer.
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