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Going zero

a novel
2023
Ten Americans have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. The goal is to disappear off the grid and evade FUSION, which can track anyone on earth. Cy Baxter is the creator of FUSION and if his softwear succeeds, he earns a ninety-billion-dollar government contract. If a contestant wins, they earn three million dollars. For one contestant, an unassuming Boston librarian named Kaitlyn Day, the stakes are far higher than money, and her reasons for entering the test more personal than anyone imagines.

My teammate is a hot head

2023
"Camp Lil Vills heats up when Hades arrives determined to win camp contests by any means necessary"--Provided by publisher.

The champion

2022
"Cade has managed to survive the duel with the Hydra alpha, barely. but the games are far from over. By order of their cruel and mysterious overlord Abaddon, Cade and his friends are sent off to war against the Grays, a humanoid race that has far surpassed humans in technology on their home planet. This attempt to move up the leaderboard, however, leads Cade to a game-changing revelation: The pantheon, the group of millennia-old alien masterminds behind the games, has a weakness. With thte right artifacts scavenged from the land of Acies and a heavy dose of courage and luck, Cade has exactly one chance to end their tyranny forever. but if he fails, the lives of his friends, and the survival of Earth itself, will be forfeited"--Provided by publisher.

The Wonderland trials

2022
"All Alice Liddell wants is to escape her Normal life in Oxford and find the parents who abandoned her ten years ago. But she gets more than she bargained for when her older sister Charlotte is arrested for having the infamous Wonder Gene--the key to unlocking the curious Wonderland Reality. Soon, Alice receives a rather cryptic invitation to play for Team Heart in this year's annual--and often deadly--Wonderland Trials. Now she has less than twenty-four hours to find her way into Wonderland where nothing is impossible . . . or what it seems"--Jacket flap.

The Golden Frog Games

2023
Ravenskill is hosting the Golden Frog Games, a magical tournament, but somebody is using forbidden hexes to turn contestants into stone; meanwhile Seven Salazar, future "uncle" of Ravenskill, who is supposed to have the power to communicate with animals, has a secret--the only voices she hears belong to the deadly monstruos.
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The dos and donuts of love

2023
"This pun-filled YA contemporary romance finds a teenage girl competing in a televised baking competition, with contestants including her ex-girlfriend and a potential new crush"--Provided by publisher.
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Henry Heckelbeck chills out

On a snowy day in Brewster, Henry keeps warm with a little magic while competing against his friends in a series of winter contests.

Control freaks

2023
When the principal of the super competitive Benjamin Banneker STEAM Academy announces the start of an epic Team Competition, Frederick Douglass Zezzmer is determined to win the trophy and prove to his dad he's worthy, but soon he learns there is no "i" in Team.

The greatest kid in the world

2023
Selected as a contestant in an online competition to find the World's Greatest Kid, Zeke Stahls decides to give it his best shot but soon finds himself wondering what "great" really means and who gets to decide.
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Super weird!

While his father trains to become a firefighter, Weir enters his super weird dog Fido and his parrot Blockhead into a Pet Day contest, hoping that they will be on their best behavior.

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