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61) Out at second
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When a key player on the Grizzlies' baseball team is hit on the head by a ball while practicing with his friends, they must decide whether to keep his injury a secret even after he starts behaving strangely.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Carter Lane has wanted to be a chef since she was old enough to ignore her mom's warnings to stay away from the hot stove. And now she has the chance of a lifetime: a prestigious scholarship competition in Savannah, where students compete all summer in Chopped style challenges for a full-ride to one of the best culinary schools in the country. The only impossible challenge ingredient in her basket: Reid Yamada. After Reid, her cute...
63) The hating game
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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.
64) Force out
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"When Joey has to compete with his best friend, Zach, for a single spot on an elite baseball team, he is forced to decide how far he is willing to go to win"--Provided by publisher.
65) The Finnish line
Author
Publisher
Speak
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Ski jumper Mo Clark goes to Finland with the Scholar Athlete Exchange Program, trying to get away from her famous and accomplished family and seeking equality in her male-dominated sport.
66) American dreamz
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"American Dreamz" is a wildly popular television singing contest program that has captured the country's attention. This new season showcases a competition between Sally, a young Midwestern gal and Omer, a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County. The recently depressed President of the United States wants in on the craze and signs up for the potentially explosive season finale.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chuck the woodchuck is a skilled sculptor in wood, and he has won the Best of the Forest art contest three years in a row, but this year he faces a serious challenge from a newcomer, Scooter Possum.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This deliciously sharp novel captures the relentless ambitions and fears that animate parents and their children in modern America, exploring the conflicts between achievement and potential, talent and privilege. Set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, The Gifted School is a keenly entertaining novel that observes the drama within a community of friends and parents as good intentions and high ambitions collide in a pile-up with long-held...
69) BMX breakthrough
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books/Capstone
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After six long weeks of rehabilitation for a broken bone, Bill finally gets back on his bike, but now, he can't help but hold back a bit on his tricks.
70) Top elf
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Ollie has always been happy just being an elf and inventing new games for Christmas with his best friend Celia--but then the current Santa (descendent of the original) decides to retire and announces that there will be an open competition for the positionof next Santa (his son Klaus is not pleased) and suddenly Ollie and the other elves are vying with the Santa children for the Big Red Suit.
Author
Series
Lowriders volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lupe, Flapjack, Elirio customize their car into a low rider for the Universal Car Competition to win the cash prize that will enable them to buy their own garage.
Author
Language
English
Formats
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...
73) Hard ball
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A fourteen-year-old Minnesota farm boy has to figure out how to get along with the arch-rival in his love life and on the baseball diamond, and both boys must learn how to deal with the unfair expectations of their fathers.
Author
Series
Luncy lady volume 7
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
For having skipped the school field trip, Dee, Hector, and Terrence must join the mathletes team but as they are poised to beat the undefeated champions, secret crime fighter Lunch Lady discovers something strange about the opposing team.
75) Unschooled
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Fifth graders George and Lilly are best friends, but when they end up leading separate teams competing for the Spirit Week prize, it puts a strain on their friendship, especially when the competition generates a host of nasty pranks designed to sabotage their teams--and if Principal Klein finds out what is going on Spirit Week will be canceled and everybody concerned will spend the rest of the year in detention.
76) 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
Language
English
Description
When his friend RJ bets that Miles will wipe out at the ice rink, he is determined to prove him wrong.
Author
Series
Pokémon graphic collection volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In "An Ultra-Urgent Rescue," Ash helps his friend Lillie rescue her mother from a mysterious Ultra Beast; and in "Buzzwole Battle," Ash takes on his first assignment as an Ultra Guardian.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Five unlikely friends are brought together to compete in the first Junior Ninja competition, a televised contest of athletic ability based on the popular National Ninja Champion show.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When tweens Izzy, Ty, Kevin, JJ, and Mackenzie 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 as they tried out for a spot on Junior Ninja Champion. It's surreal but exciting to watch themselves on TV... and the show is a huge hit! Now Izzy...
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