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Language
English
Description
Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
60 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Just once, Frank Pearl would like to win at something! He is going to win a prize if it's the last thing he does. Could an amazing yo-yo trick or Cookie the parrot land him a prize? Could a blue ribbon be his at the Great Third-Grade Breakfast Bash? With three shots at a prize and Judy Moody cheering him on (sort of?), there's no way that Frank can miss out on a trophy this time" --
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Farmer Boast, Farmer Bluster, and Farmer Smart fight over who has the best cornfield, until one of them finds a way to win the competition.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Little Princess loves to win, and at home everyone usually lets her. At school though, even when she tries her hardest, it seems she can't do anything right But she soon discovers that winning is much more fun when she really deserves it.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows the efforts of Peter Cottontail to compete against the nefarious Iron Tail in order to secure his position as the Easter Bunny.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
117 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Queen Clarion hosts a Fairy Treasure Hunt, Rani is worried that being partnered with Ronan, the slowest sparrow man in Never Land, will cause her to lose a bet with Vidia.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two towns, Tralee and Tralah, compete in an annual St. Patrick's Day decorating contest which Tralah boastfully always wins, but when their hearts are put to the test by a little man with pointed ears, Tralee wins with no effort at all.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime-from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discover who will be crowned the world's most record-breaking family in the book that's perfect for fans of The Guinness Book of World Records! The rivalry between the Whipples and the Goldwins escalates to an all-out war as the World Record World Championships draw near. When sinister clowns Overkill and Undercut cause a regulation game of hide-and-seek to go horrifically wrong, recordless Arthur Whipple and his unlikely ally, Ruby Goldwin, set out...
13) The finalists
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
383 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a beautiful spring day, six college students with nothing in common besides a desperate inability to pay for school gather to compete for the prestigious Hyde Fellowship. Milo--The front-runner. Natalia--The brain. James--The rule follower. Sydney--The athlete. Duffy--The cowboy. Emily--The social justice warrior. The six of them must surrender their devices when they enter Hyde House, an aging Victorian structure that sits in a secluded part of...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In FRIEND AND FOE, researchers Galinsky and Schweitzer explain why this debate misses the mark. Rather than being hardwired to compete or cooperate, humans have evolved to do both. It is only by learning how to strike the right balance between these two forces that we can improve our long-term relationships and get more of what we want. Galinsky and Schweitzer draw on original, cutting edge research across the social sciences to show how to to maximize...
15) King of the ice
Author
Series
Miles Lewis volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When his friend RJ bets that Miles will wipe out at the ice rink, he is determined to prove him wrong."--
17) Dino-boarding
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meat-eating and vegetarian dinosaurs compete in surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding events.
Author
Publisher
Immedium, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Julie trains to earn her next Kung Fu belt, but learns valuable lessons from her teacher's master and a fellow student along her journey"--
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Dylan's parents have always boasted that he is the "very best and cleverest super-villain in the whole wide world," but when he meets Addison Van Malice, his powers are put to the test.
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