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Collects two stories featuring Alex "Skinnybones" Frankovitch's, whose active sense of humor helps him get along with the school braggart, make the most of his athletic talents, and simply get by in a hectic world.

Irrepressible, twelve-year-old Alex is convinced that he will be a star and impress his schoolmates when, as the winner of a cat food essay contest, he is asked to make a commercial for national television.

A skill-building reader published to coincide with the Olympics finds Hefty Smurf organizing the first-ever Smurf Championship Games to raise awareness about exercise, a competition that concerns an insecure Weakling Smurf.

"The Baseball Geeks are on their way to Fenway Park to appear on a reality TV show. Joey, Kevin, and Omar are being tested on all of their baseball knowledge, but will they be able to beat the competition and win the Fenway Challenge?"--Provided by publisher.

The Great McGinty: An opportunist turns corruption into a promising political career but struggles to stay on top when he tries to go honest. Christmas in July: Hope springs eternal when an office clerk mistakenly believes he's won a coffee slogan challenge and spends the 'prize money'. The Lady Eve: It's the ultimate battle of the sexes when a wealthy heir falls for a con woman with a shady past. Sullivan's Travels: a wealthy director wants to find 'real' people for his next great film. The Palm Beach Story: Money makes the world go 'round, or so Gerry believes when she decides to divorce her struggling husband to support him by marrying a millionaire. The Great Moment: This stirring biopic follows the fascinating life of W.T.G. Morton, a 19th century dentist who successfully develops the first anesthesia. Hail the Conquering Hero: A quirky soldier gets an unexpected homecoming when a group of uproarious Marines decides to 'make' a hero out of the comic misfit.

A casino tycoon gives six money-crazed contestants the chance to win $2 million in a no-rules, winner-take-all race from Las Vegas to New Mexico.

Nancy Drew and her classmates enter a model-building contest to win a chance to visit northern New Mexico, but before they can enter their pueblo model, it is destroyed, and the girls wonder if they have angered the spirits of the Native American tribe of the Taos Pueblo.

Eight-year-old Nancy Drew and her friends in the Clue Crewwin a day of royal treatments at Prissy's Princess Parlor, but when someone tries to sabotage their makeovers, the girls try and track down the culprit.

London Abrams, who loves volleyball, spots the attractive Brent St. John signing in contestants for a modeling competition at a store, and after getting in line to greet him, she finds herself entering the contest against fourteen desperate fashionistas.

"Fleischman Middle School has won the regional Math-Tastic competition the last two years, but just before this year's contest, the trophies are stolen--the four friends of Snoops, Inc. have a suspect (or two), but when they set out to solve the mystery their investigation takes an unexpected turn"--Provided by publisher.