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Series
Magical reality of Nadia volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Competing to design a new exhibit for the local museum, a sixth grade Egyptian immigrant is teased about her heritage by a newcomer, before an ancient amulet she wears imparts a hilarious and helpful secret. Inspired by the author's real life experiences.
62) Ship of dolls
Author
Language
English
Description
It's 1926, and the one thing eleven-year-old Lexie Lewis wants more than anything is to leave Portland, where she is living with her strict grandparents, and rejoin her mother, a carefree singer in San Francisco. But Mama's new husband doesn't think a little girl should live with parents who work all night and sleep all day. Lexie's class has been raising money to ship a doll to the children of Japan in a friendship exchange, and when Lexie learns...
63) The underdogs
Author
Series
Underdogs (Tracey West) volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Welcome to the town of Barksdale, where every dog wants to be the best. Every year, one pup at Barksdale Academy is named Best in Show after the K-9 exams. Nova, Duke, Harley, and Peanut have never won Best in Show. In fact, they've never even passed the exams. But this year, Nova is determined to prove that Underdogs can win! Will the pups make the grade, or are they doomed to be the underdogs forever?
Author
Series
Cheesie Mack volume 2
Language
English
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Description
The summer after fifth grade, Cheesie and Georgie go to camp in Maine, where they discover that they are bunking with the older kids and Cheesie must face off in a Cool Duel with the dreaded Kevin Welch.
Author
Language
English
Description
In Korea in 1473, eleven-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother Kee-sup, who as the first-born son receives special treatment from their father, and combines his kite-flying skill with Kee-sup's kite-making skill in an attempt to win the New Year kite-fighting competition.
66) The one
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Series
Language
English
Description
"As her Selection approaches its finish, America must decide where her heart truly lies--and Prince Maxon must pick one winner to wear the crown"--
Author
Series
Critter club volume 8
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Little Simon edition.
Physical Desc
113 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
While her friends in the Critter Club babysit frogs, second-grader Marion enters a fashion design contest.
68) Measuring up
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Having just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, twelve-year-old Cici enters a cooking competition to win the chance to see her grandmother again, but she only knows how to cook Taiwanese food."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Rotten Richie tales volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Richie and his younger sister Trisha face off in a contest to see whose hobby is more challenging.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Melissa is a nobody. Wilf is a slacker. Bondi is a show-off. To everyone's surprise, they are the three students chosen to compete for a ten thousand-dollar scholarship, solving clues that lead them to various locations around Chicago. At first they work independently, but each begins to wonder whether the competition is a sham. By secretly joining forces and their unique talents, the trio is able to uncover the truth behind the Ambrose Deception--...
Author
Series
Pizza and Taco volume 6
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Best friends Pizza and Taco agree on nearly everything until Pizza declares himself the best of all, leading to debating, voting, competing, and finally defining what being the best really means."--Provided by publisher.
72) Superstar Watch
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 121
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Alden children stumble upon a mystery when they enter their dog, Watch, in a contest that could lead to fame and fortune, but where things keep going wrong.
Author
Series
Mr. Monkey volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Monkey bakes a cake and enters it in a contest, but nothing goes as planned.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Detectives' Row is full of talented investigators, but Toby Montrose isn't one of them. He's only an assistant at his uncle's detective agency, and he's not sure he's even very good at that. Toby's friend Ivy is the best sleuth around -- or at least she thinks so. They both see their chance to prove themselves when the famed Hugh Abernathy announces a contest to choose the World's Greatest Detective. But when what was supposed to be a game turns into...
76) Control freaks
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The kids at Benjamin Banneker College Prep are a little... competitive. Okay. They're a LOT competitive. The minute Principal Yee announces an epic competition for the golden B-B trophy, seventh-grader Frederick Douglass Zezzmer knows he has to win. But it won't be easy. The competition doesn't just include science, technology, engineering and math. It also has arts and sports. Not Doug's best subjects... With only a week to go, Doug launches a quest...
77) Geez Louise!
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Louise the stinkbug must face the bullying cockroach Kiki in a skating contest.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For as long as he can remember, Curtis Pith has been obsessed with becoming a chef like Lucas Taylor, host of Super Chef. And Curtis has a secret: Taylor is actually his long-absent father. So when Taylor announces a kids-only season of Super Chef, Curtis finally sees his chance to meet his dad. But after Curtis wins a spot in the competition and arrives in New York to film the show, nothing goes as smoothly as he expected. It's all riding on the...
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