competition (psychology)

Determined to regain her sense of accomplishment after losing her top-class ranking to Jonah, Grace decides to compete against him in a Labor Day half-marathon, but as they train together, she learns valuable lessons about what truly matters.

"Competitive siblings Sadie and Clip Chu must set aside their differences and work together when they get stuck in a virtual reality laser tag game"--Provided by publisher.

Fourth-grader Miles Lewis learns the value of having fun over impressing others when he takes on the challenge of learning to ice skate during a class trip.

Aliyah loves karate more than anything, especially when she gets a chance to do a takedown on her main rival, Suma. Then a new student, Zoya, arrives and she just so happens to be Suma's little sister. Aliyah recognizes a kind of anger and aggression in Zoya that she once had in herself and takes her under her wing.

When Harper and her fellow Dance Starz go to New York City for nationals, they not only face their arch-rivals, the Bells, but Harper will also compete against her old dance team.

Gon decides to follow in his father's footsteps and become a legendary Hunter, much against his mother's wishes.

Just before the most important violin competition of her career, seventeen-year-old prodigy Carmen faces critical decisions about her anti-anxiety drug addiction, her controlling mother, and a potential romance with her most talented rival.

When Sasha Johnson-Sun and her ex-best friend, Ezra Davis-Goldberg, are tied for valedictorian and the scholarship attached, they agree on a best-of-three, winner-take-all academic bet that forces them to reexamine why they drifted apart--and figure out who they've become since.

Shoshanna Greenburg loves her job at the bookstore, Once Upon, until Jake Kaplan joins the staff, a handsome non-reader who challenges her for a bonus she needs.

It seems that aspiring playwright Natalie and musician Reid have been in competition all their young lives, but when they are forced to compete for scarce school budget dollars they embark on an all-out prank war which backfires; now they are forced to cooperate, pool their talents and ambitions to produce a school musical--and not only is cooperation an unfamiliar role, but they are suddenly starting to have feelings for each other.