contests

Coerced into working for the sector's powerful gang leader Saint Willow, Aza Wu again gets caught up in underground magic tournaments, this time using magic she cannot control.

In a magic competition to find the next headliner for the Conquering Circus, tricks become dangerous, rival magicians mysteriously disppear, and ambitious showgirl Kallia, her nightclub manager Jack, and competition judge Daron are forced to face their deepest secrets.

Layla and the Bots are eager for Blossom Valley's upcoming go-kart race, but one racer, Tina, needs their help to build a cart with hand-controls and other special features.

Samantha's journal relates a boring visit to her grandmother's condominium that takes an unexpected turn when she, Gram, Gram's friend Mimi, and Mimi's grandson Brandon set out across Florida for a seniors' karaoke contest. Includes recipe for chocolate chip cookies.

"Revisit the world of Panem sixty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games"--OCLC.

"Sofia wishes to try out for the Royal Prep's Flying Derby Team despite everyone telling her it's not a princess thing. With her mother's help and a lot of hard work, Sofia and Minimus prove anything can be a princess thing"--Provided by publisher.

Mari has spent her entire life training for the challenge she must conquer in order to become the next empress of Honoku. The only problem is, Mari is a yokai, a supernatural being that the emperor is determined to enslave and destroy. As she struggles to hide her true identity, Mari finds herself facing decisions that will ultimately decide the fate of Honoku and all who live there.

Twelve-year-old Tanisha Carter's favorite extreme obstacle course challenge is coming to town; her classmate Derek agrees to be her partner, and his cousin Janet agrees to train them at her gym, and while getting in shape is a little hard for easy going Derek, but the real problem the pair face is when Tanisha discovers she is afraid of heights.

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.

Every year West Clabberton has a scavenger hunt, and for the 100th year the town is having a statue made of the winning team, and two teams, the Choppers and the Pampercurlerz, are particularly determined to win; so determined, in fact, that they spend the entire hunt trying to sabotage each other--and ignoring what other teams are doing.