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"For some people, a little competition every once in a while can be fun, but sometimes, competition can go too far. When this happens, it can lead to risky situations with possibly dangerous outcomes. Readers of this informative story learn why it's important to think about your choices and always try to make safe decisions. Relatable characters are relayed through eye-catching illustrations that closely correlate to age-appropriate text. An engaging...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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A twist on the classic game of Rock Paper Scissors, this story celebrates the differences that make three friends unique.
The ninja, the cowboy and the bear do everything together. But when a contest among themselves leads to resentment, they soon learn that the only way to stop disagreeing is to be considerate of their differences and appreciate one another.
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 52
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IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Jack Johnson finds a book that tells how humans can learn to fly and hopes to use his knowledge to show-up his classmate Wilson Schlame, but when the news gets out that Jack can fly, things start to get out of hand and he questions whether flying is really the way to go.
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Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place that prevents it. The residents continue to grapple with life's big questions: What is a family? What is a community? And what, if anything, are we willing to sacrifice in order to protect them? As the locals of Beartown struggle to overcome the past, great change is on the horizon. Someone is coming home after...
7) Boxitects
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[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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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.
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In a snow-cloaked kingdom, two rival servants--one who desperately wants to win the approval of the Red Jaga and the other who hopes to escape the Black Jaga--compete for the pure heart of a prince, only to discover they might be falling for each other instead. Includes author's note.
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USA Today Bestseller!
Debut author Sally Thorne bursts on the scene with a hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love.
Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. 2) A person's undoing 3) Joshua Templeman.
Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. Hate. And they have no problem displaying their feelings through a series...
10) The Golden Acorn
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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When the Golden Nut Hunt race becomes a team event, will speedy Squirrel's competitive spirit take over, or will she learn how to be a team player?
11) Above all else
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
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"Del plays striker on his high school soccer team, the Cardinals, and they've gone almost three seasons undefeated. To Del, it's just a game, but some of the players think winning is all that matters. When an ugly tackle results in a major loss for the Cardinals against their main rival, the Rebels, things get heated between the teams. That night, one of Del's teammates has his ankle broken by an unknown assailant, leaving him unable to take part...
12) Unschooled
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
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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.
13) Lacrosse attack
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Peter made the varsity lacrosse team, just like his best friends said he would. In fact, the coach thinks he's one of the best on the team. But Hurley Johnson, the team's captain, doesn't want Peter to take his spot. He'll stop at nothing to make Peter quit. Will Peter give up?
14) Dino-Boarding
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Meat-eating and vegetarian dinosaurs compete in surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding events.
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Studying competitive arenas from the workplace, the stock market, sport, politics, the military, and schools and using the latest findings in genetics, neuroscience and behavioral psychology, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman describe how we compete and the ingredients that sometimes stand between winning and losing.
16) BMX Challenge
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Jason never turns down a dare, which has gotten him in trouble more than once. After he gives some classmates a hard time about their 'baby bikes' they challenge him to a BMX competition. Jason can't say no. But BMX is way harder than he thought. If he can't learn to ride before the competition, this dare will be his last.
17) BMX blitz
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Three talented teenagers are competing in a BMX competition whose course has been kept a secret before the race, but one of them seems to be able to anticipate the course better than the other competitors.
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Life in the wild volume 5
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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One day, the three friends, a bear, a moose and a beaver, who loved adventure set off to climb a mountain together. But on the way there, they decide to make it more exciting by turning the climb into a race to the top. It's only after being sidelined by a series of mishaps -- a boulder tumbling down the path, the moose hanging off the side of the cliff, the bear hanging off the moose hanging off the side of the cliff -- that the three friends realize...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Ty Taggart has always loved skating, but ever since his older brother, Nick, died in combat, Ty has been off his game. When Ty is able to reign in his anger and realize his true skating potential, he decides to skate in the Skatepark tournament, but will he be able to keep his cool, or will his temper put his hopes of winning on ice?.