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Author
Language
English
Description
In the near future, a young boy has been one of 100 selected to take the Long Walk--a deadly contest of endurance and determination, in which each step can literally be your last. Follow the contestants' tortured footsteps as they struggle with each other, and themselves, to survive the race.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
286 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A retired bestselling author hosts a one-of-a-kind competition, with high risks and high rewards-giving the winner a chance to change lives. Lucy Hart has come a long way since feeling the cold neglect of her parents, whose attention always centered around her chronically ill sister's needs. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher's aide, Lucy is able to share her love of books with bright, young students, and one in particular, a seven-year-old orphan...
Author
Series
Darker Shade of Magic volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
512 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Rhy was wounded and the Dane twins fell, and the stone was cast with Holland's dying body through the rift, and into Black London. In many ways, things have almost returned to normal, though Rhy is more sober, and Kell is now plagued by his guilt. Restless, and having given up smuggling, Kell is visited...
Author
Series
Stink volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A class visit to the Gross-Me-Out exhibit at the science museum inspires Stink Moody to create a variety of terrible smells to put on the sneakers he plans to enter in the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneaker contest.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
When four twelve-year-olds, including Logan, who has grown up never leaving his parents' Life Is Sweet candy factory, compete in the Confectionary Association's annual contest, they unexpectedly become friends and uncover secrets about themselves during the process.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
33 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Excited about holding onto his position as the best speller in the second grade, Pinky has an embarrassing accident but is cheered up by his best friend Rex.
9) Field day
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Children have a wonderful time participating in the various activities of their school's field day.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents factual information about the anatomy, strength, and behavior of sixteen jungle animals and describes the probable winner of a competition among them.
14) Monster trucks
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Monster trucks do more than just crush cars. They race, spin, bounce, and sometimes even crash. See monster trucks in action as they tear up muddy arenas. Learn about the first monster truck and today's tough monster truck engines.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents factual information about the anatomy, strength, and behavior of sixteen ocean creatures and describes the probable winner of a competition among them.
17) Blueberry queen
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
103 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents facts about the anatomy, strength, and behavior of sixteen insects and describes who would be the probable winner in a competition among them.
19) The Heir (4)
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
1st pbk. ed., 2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
Book Paperback
Language
English
Description
Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon's heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn't expect her Selection to be anything like her parents' fairy-tale love story... but as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn't as impossible as she's always thought"--OCLC.
20) Don't blink!
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A girl and her animal friends challenge the reader to a staring contest in this interactive picture book.