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Tiny pretty things volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet academy compete for the status of prima ballerina, with each willing to sacrifice, manipulate, and backstab to be the best of the best.
Author
Series
Dragonsdale volume 2
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Breena's determination to secure a position with the guard flight by qualifying for the Island Championship pits her against her best friend, Cara, and damages the Trustbond she has with her dragon, Moonflight.
Author
Series
Mustache Baby volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A play date goes awry when Baby Billy and his mustache meet Beard Baby.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The authors' research into leader character demonstrates its effect on judgment and finds that fostering a culture where character is valued equally alongside competence can result in better decisions and outcomes. Furthermore, they find that, as with competence, character can be developed through education and practice.
10) Numero uno
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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Tired of listening to strong Hercules and smart Socrates constantly argue over who is more important to their village, the townspeople devise a test to settle the question once and for all.
11) The paper wasp
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
An electrifying debut novel from the acclaimed author of The Wonder Garden, The Paper Wasp is a riveting knife-edge story of two women's dark friendship of twisted ambition set against the backdrop of contemporary Hollywood. In small-town Michigan, Abby Graven leads a solitary life. Once a bright student on the cusp of a promising art career, she now languishes in her childhood home, trudging to and from her job as a supermarket cashier. Each day...
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Language
English
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"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...
13) Dino-Boarding
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Language
English
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Meat-eating and vegetarian dinosaurs compete in surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding events.
14) Running rivals
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English
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"Amy hurt her knee in a race. Now she's back on the team, but will have to get her confidence back in order to compete"--Unedited summary from book.
15) Boxitects
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Meg goes to Maker School to hone her talent for building with boxes, but when Simone, another boxitect, arrives they become so competitive they nearly fail in the annual Maker Match.
16) Bad habits
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A whip-smart psychological thriller from the author of Good as Gone (a New York Times Notable Book) in which a grad student becomes embroiled in a deadly rivalry that changes her into someone unrecognizable to her struggling family, her ambitious academic friends, and even herself"--
18) BMX challenge
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Series
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English
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Jason never turns down a dare, but when his classmates challenge him to a BMX competition Jason must learn to ride a BMX bike or this dare will be his last.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
What are the differences between a winning and losing performance? Why are we able to rise to the challenge one day, but wilt from it the next? Can we in fact become better competitors? In TOP DOG, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman use cutting edge science to tease out the hidden factors at the core of every great triumph - and every tragic failure. By enabling you to identify your own competitive style, TOP DOG will help you tip the odds of success...
20) The pet war
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Language
English
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Eleven-year-old Otto wants a dog, and his older sister Lexi wants a cat, so their mother suggests that whoever can raise enough money to pay for their pet can choose--and so the competition begins.
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