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Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Esperanza Flores's place on the United States Olympic figure skating team has come at the expense of an injured skater, so in addition to the pressure of sudden fame and outsized expectations Espi has to deal with the resentment of her teammates--and their efforts to sabotage her routine.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Greg Harden changes lives. This is why hundreds of world-class athletes, doctors, lawyers, teachers, business leaders, college students, and professionals from all walks of life have come to him for advice and direction. Harden teaches his students how to practice, train, and rehearse to give 100 percent, 100 percent of the time, and challenges them by asking: If you don't believe in yourself, why should I believe in you? Now, in his first book, Greg...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When eighth grade basketball player Shaena suffers a concussion in a game, she finds herself sidelined. As she watches her team practice with the new freshman player, Shaena, who is used to being the star, starts to worry that by the time she recovers she will no longer be needed.
44) I'm on it!
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
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
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kameeka yearns to continue her hula hooping competition with her rival, Jamara, rather than help prepare for Miz Adeline's birthday party, and "the itch" almost ruins the party before the girls learn who the real winner is.
Author
Series
Zara's rules volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When neighborhood queen bee Zara is threatened by new girl Naomi, Zara decides to break a Guinness World Record to get everyone to notice her again, until she realizes that maybe sharing her crown wouldn’t be so bad.
47) The finalists
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Competing for a prestigious scholarship, six college students, locked in an aging Victorian structure, must spend eight hours with a college administrator who will do anything to keep the school afloat, but when one of them is murdered, the survivors viciously turn on one another.
Author
Publisher
Viking Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Follows an art scholarship competition between fashion-obsessed Charlie Dean and sculptor John Thomas-Smith, who could not care less about clothes, a rivalry shaped by a complicated relationship, a soul-crushing job, and a legal misunderstanding.
Author
Series
Aristokittens volume 2
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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!
51) Nyxia
Author
Series
Nyxia triad volume 1
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Emmett accepts an interstellar space contract but learns en route that to win the promised fortune he and nine other recruits face a brutal competition, putting their very humanity at risk.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Juggling the pressures of college applications and friendships, neurotic overachiever Jules' plans for her senior year are thrown off track when she starts dating the new guy at school and finds herself at the center of a rivalry between her high school's newspaper and its just-launched TV news show.
53) Simmer down
Author
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Forfeiting her dream job to support her mother's Filipino food-truck business, Nikki clashes with a kindhearted but competitive British food-truck newcomer who poaches her customers while encouraging a public feud.
Author
Series
Lucky dog novels volume 2
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Two people who meet by accidentally swapping phones hit it off until they realize that they are each working for opposing sides in a battle between two coffee shops on the same street.
55) Unrivaled
Author
Series
Beautiful idols volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When an aspiring reporter, a typecast actress and a guitarist who has been abandoned by his famous father all receive VIP invitations to a Hollywood party organized with sinister intentions against an A-list starlet, the celebrity's subsequent disappearance threatens everything they have worked to achieve.
56) Sorceline
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Language
English
Formats
Description
For as long as she can remember, Sorceline has had a knack for the study of mythical creatures. Now a student at Professor Archibald Balzar's prestigious school of cryptozoology, she is eager to test her skills and earn a spot as one of Balzar's apprentices. But for all her knowledge of gorgons, vampires, and griffins, Sorceline is mystified by her fellow humans. While she excels in her studies, she quickly clashes with her classmates, revealing her...
Author
Series
Tiny pretty things volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
June, Bette, and Gigi have given their all to dance at Manhattan's most elite ballet school. Now they are competing one final time for a spot at the prestigious American Ballet Company. With the stakes higher than ever, these girls have everything to lose, and no one is playing nice.
58) Click'd
Author
Series
Click'd volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After spending the summer at coding camp, Allie Navarro is excited to share the app she built with her friends, until it starts to cause problems between them.
Author
Publisher
Brown Books Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Woo is ready for vacation time because that means he gets to play ddakji with his friends. Woo spent all year practicing and making the best ddakji so he could beat Gorin, the reigning champion. When he loses to Gorin again, he makes it his mission to find the best material for his new ddakji so he can win. With this vibrant story about friendly competition, "Let's Play Ddajki" inspires kids to try a new game through Woo and Gorin's love of ddakji....
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nita Dara is one of ten eighth graders in the Alaska Young Explorers program; but the program is also a competition and the winner will get 5,000 dollars. On the final challenge she is paired with the super-competitive Sohail Aman, and the challenge turns deadly when they find themselves lost in the fog while hiking down a glacier, where a single misstep could mean injury and death.
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