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Nita Dara is one of ten eighth graders who has already won a scholarship to attend the Alaska Young Explorers program and learn explorer skills in an Alaskan wilderness camp; but the program is also a competition and the winner will get 5000 dollars--money that Nita's family could really use--but on the final challenge she is paired with the super-competitive Sohail Aman, and the challenge turns deadly when they find themselves lost in the fog while hiking down a glacier, where a single misstep could mean injury and death.

A human girl named Ruby, who protects the unicorns in the Enchanted Forest from the outside world, uses magical starberries to make it to the next round in a baking contest, but will she continue to cheat to win the contest?.

"Sugar crusted sea shells! Lucky, Ruby, and the whole Fin-tastic Four are entering a very special baking competition with their new undersea bestie Nelia the Narwhal. Ruby really wants to win, and Lucky really wants to help her. Lucky has a treasure trove of magical seashells and a special mission: Share the Magic. So that's just what he's going to do for Ruby, to help make her treats the best and biggest Mermicorn Island has ever seen. But Lucky might just have a whale of a problem on his hooves!"--Provided by publisher.

"While trying to come up with something special to wear when she gets her picture taken at school, Mandy also worries about how she can win the contest for best cafeteria behavior"--OCLC.

Thirteen-year-old Aniyah's mother and all of her aunts went to historically Black universities and were drill and step team members, but Aniyah does not like performing and has avoided stepping, until her friend Stacy convinces her that now they are entering eighth grade they should both join the school step club which does not compete; Aniyah discovers that stepping can be fun--but when the club decides to enter a competition all of Aniyah's fears come back and she wants to quit.

There's a Candy Fairies fashion show! Top fashion designer Olivia Cr?me de la Cr?me's dress design contest has Berry the Fruit Fairy all excited. But Fruli, her Fruit Fairy friend, is acting strange, and Carobee the dragon is not responding to sugar fly messages. There are many secrets--and a few surprises--that make this fashion show extra-sweet.

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.

Princess Eadlyn has no intention of falling in love with any of the suitors who have come to the palace vying for her affection. But she's surprised by the feelings she begins to develop, and she finds herself facing a decision that is more and important and more difficult than any she's had to make before.

Thirty-five girls are part of the Selection, when the royalty takes suitors for their son, Prince Maxon. These girls will be treated to balls, gowns, jewels--the life of luxury--in order to win the Prince's favor. For America Singer, however, the Selection offers only anxiety. She loves Aspen, even though he is a caste below her. Then, America meets Prince Maxon, and all her plans are ruined.

Princess Eadlyn attempts to choose a prince during her Selection, an event at which suitors compete for her hand, but she worries that she will not be able to make a choice that meets both her own expectations and those of her parents.