contests

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contests

Going public--in shorts

2013
A man who loves to place bets acquires a remarkable frog, which he claims can out jump any other frog in the county.

The sowing

2014
"A year after winning The Establishment's brutal Trials and becoming a soldier, seventeen-year-old Lucky Spark's mission to undermine this totalitarian government is upended when he becomes an Incentive in the next round of the Trials"--Provided by publisher.

Kelsey Green, reading queen

2014
Kelsey is the best reader in her third grade class, and she is determined to lead her class to victory in the alll-school reading contest.

Rich and famous in Starvation Lake

2001
During a long, snowy winter, the fourth grade boys and girls at Starvation Lake Elementary School have a contest to see who can raise the most money to help pay for a class trip.

Mobile fighter G Gundam

2003
As the thirteenth Gundam Tournament approaches, researchers from Neo-Japan, who were working on ways to fuse man and machine for the ultimate fighting edge, inadvertently create an evil Gundam who wants to destroy the world.

En llamas

2010
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.

Library contests

2007
Describes a nine-step process for planning, organizing, and running a library contest, offering ideas and advice on how to select a contest planner and develop community partnerships, establish goals and estimate budget, define contest type, determine eligibility, schedule the contest, select a prize, choose judges, promote the contest, and evaluate success.

How to handle a bully

2010
Rilla, working hard training for the annual fitness challenge with the hope of winning the grand prize, deals with bullies on the playground while she tries to prepare for the event and also worries she will not win.

The final countdown

2000
Ming Siou Loong and Don train for a doubles virtual reality competition in Atlanta at the same time that Lee Brookes is seeking revenge for having been beaten.

Patti gets even

1989
Patti responds to the obnoxious Wayne Miller's bragging by betting that she can win more contests at the Winter Carnival.

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