competition

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competition

Creature teacher, the final exam

When Tommy is sent to a special camp to make him into a "winner," he discovers that his fellow campers are competitive to the point of obsession, and that a particular teacher, Mrs. Maargh, takes winning very seriously.

Libby's sweet surprise

Book 3 of the Charmed Life series
2014
When Libby meets a cute boy named Cedric while they both are out walking their dogs, she relies on the luck in her and her friends' lucky charm bracelet to become his friend--even though their families are rivals in the candy shop business.

Hard ball

a novel
1998
A fourteen-year-old Minnesota farm boy has to figure out how to get along with the arch-rival in his love life and on the baseball diamond, and both boys must learn how to deal with the unfair expectations of their fathers.

Cheer USA!

2006
A collection of four children's novels in which the girls of the Claymore Middle School cheerleading team deal with the challenges of school, boys, and the squad.

Markers

1985
Shorty was one of the best pool players around, but that was not enough for him, unless he could beat the Parson.

Sneeze on Monday

1997
When her father loses his job, thirteen-year-old Ellen and her family are forced to move from the suburbs to her grandmother's in the city. Ellen does not expect to have anything in common with the street-smart city kids until her old school and new school are in fierce competition with each other.

Cool runnings

1999
A former bobsled champion forms the first ever Jamaican bobsled team to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Farmer Smart's fat cat

2002
Farmer Boast, Farmer Bluster, and Farmer Smart fight over who has the best cornfield, until one of them finds a way to win the competition.

Shoot to score

1999
Steven Edwards, stuck playing defense on a team with the coach's mean-spirited son, knows he is going to have to work hard to get a break.

Winners and losers

2012
Rod resents Ernesto for stealing everything he worked so hard to achieve, like being elected senior class president, and he decides to take revenge by making Ernesto's life miserable.

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