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2) Rodeo queen
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"When the rodeo comes to town, Kylie Jean decides she wants to be the Rodeo Queen! But to do that, she must learn rodeo tricks"--T.p. verso.
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As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
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Entering a contest to redesign late author Emrys Myrddin's estate, aspiring architect Effy Sayre arrives at Hiraeth Manor where she meets a stodgy young literature scholar who draws her into a battle against dark forces - both mortal and magical - that threatens to consume them both.
5) Like Vanessa
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It is 1983 and Vanessa Martin, a thirteen-year-old African American girl in Newark's public housing, dreams of following in the footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but the odds are against her until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.
6) Splash dance
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Shark school volume 6
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2015.
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Harry Hammer is determined to win a Fintendo game system in the school's dance contest, but first he needs to learn how to dance.
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[2019]
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"Disguised as Diana Prince, young Wonder Woman goes to Metropolis to start school and quickly meets a group of students who are also secretly heroes. They convince her to enter a school contest; unfortunately, some of the school's villains have their eye on the same prize, and Wonder Woman is going to need Supergirl, Batgirl, and her other hero friends to help her save the day"--
8) Vain empires
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[2016]
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They were stuck on this remote island, all of them. Trapped in this show. No way to stop whatever came next. No way at all." Six people arrive on a remote island--contestants in the "reality show of the century," "Dream Prize." The winner will be the person who learns the most facts about the others and gains the most viewer votes. Sounds simple. But the three men and three women soon discover nothing is as expected. They are alone on the island....
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"Known for its cheerful staff and elaborate annual Easter Bonnet Contest, the Heritage House senior center regularly attracts new residents and positive press. But once the town's retired librarian, Miss Julia Tilley, checks in to recover from an illness, Lucy sees a side of the facility that isn't quite so perfect and pristine. And the place may soon be making headlines for different reasons following an unexplained disappearance ... Lucy can't fathom...
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Pip Bartlett volume 2
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[2017]
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English
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Pip Bartlett has a way with the magical creatures at his Aunt Emma's clinic, but an extremely timid unicorn named Regent Maximus is testing even his abilities--particularly since it is Pip's assignment to get Regent ready for the Triple Trident show for magical animals where, to make matters worse, somebody is trying to win by sabotaging the other contestants.
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Meg Langslow is Team Mom and Michael is coach of their twin sons' youth baseball team, the Caerphilly Eagles. Meg tangles with Biff Brown, the petty, vindictive league head. On opening day, Biff's lookalike brother is found dead in the porta-potty at the ball field. So many people think Biff's scum that it would be easy to blame him, but he has an alibi and Meg suspects he may actually have been the intended victim. With Die Like an Eagle, readers...
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2022.
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"Lucy Rourke has two great loves in her life: the gorilla troop she cares for as a primatologist and the laundry list of reality TV shows she watches to escape the fact that her actual love life doesn't exist. And like a reality contestant gunning for the final rose, Lucy is laser-focused on one thing: getting promoted to senior keeper. So when a wildlife docuseries hosted by hotshot TV personality Kai Bridges chooses her zoo as its summer filming...
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Cupcake diaries volume 22
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2014.
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"When Mia reads about a Design-a-Dress contest in a magazine for 'budding designers ages 12-16' she is excited. But she doesn't realize how much work designing--and sewing--a dress truly is until she starts on her contest entry"--
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2017.
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In 1983 seventh-grader David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot to worry about--his bar mitzvah's coming soon, his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers argue about everything, his teammates for the upcoming trivia contest, Scott and Hector, don't like each other, he's beginning to notice girls, and Scott's persuaded him to begin digging a fallout shelter just in case the Cold War heats up.
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