competition (psychology)

Nobody told Odysseus about the monster truck competition in Troy. When he tries to join the fun he finds that hero ThunderTrucks are not allowed in, but Odysseus comes up with a clever plan to get past the dump truck cards and enter the contest.

With a homework pass as the prize, everyone in Shelby Bloom's fourth grade class wants to win the talent show, especially Shelby and her nemesis, Brooke; after Brooke sabotages Shelby's stand-up comedy act, Shelby and her friend Ajay decide to join forces in a comedy skit--and plot their revenge on Brooke.

Twelve-year-old accidental zombie Tulah Jones needs a really good reason to avoid joining the cross country team (an impossible activity for a zombie), so her friend Angela suggests that she join the academic bowl team instead. Unfortunately her nemesis Bella Gulosi is the team captain, and with the team going on a weekend retreat and contest Tulah is sure her secret will be discovered.

Disturbed by her student's rude behavior Shelby's fourth grade teacher decides to give out a "Good Person Award," and Shelby and her nemesis Brooke are instantly in a competition with each other; the trouble is that most of their ideas about being a good person do not actually involve helping or being polite to other people--but in the end Shelby finds that what she does best is to make people laugh.

In the small, remote of Beartown, the hard-working residents rally around their local hockey team, but when the team becomes at risk of being disbanded, and unlikely coach steps in to take control. Soon, the talented team comes together and must face their rival from another town; and before the final game is done, people from both towns wonder if the innocent game they love can ever be the same after an intense rivalry that left one person dead.

Brynn tries to drown her grief over the loss of her father, her strained relationship with her mother and stepfather, her failing grades, and her lack of real friends with single-minded dedication to placing first in swim competitions, but her competitive streak ends up making her life even more difficult.

Ben doesn't feel like he's good enough to golf at the exclusive, private golf club where his father works as the head groundskeeper. But when his friends enter him into a tournament there, he'll need to work through his nerves if he has any hopes of not embarrassing himself.

"Princess Snowbelle and her brothers look forward to competing against the neighboring kingdom of Snowland in the annual Snow Games, but they learn that winning is not always the most important thing"--OCLC.

As the bridge lengthens, Kakashi prepares Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to protect Tazuna's family from Zabuza's next attack, unaware that their foe will be bringing his apprentice, Haku, this time.

Ninja trainee Sasuke, suffering the effects of a curse placed on him by Drochimaru, enters the first match of the Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams over the protests of his friend and classmate Sakura, and finds himself facing one of the formidable Sound Ninja spies.