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Max Lightning has finally qualified for Gamerville, a championship where players compete to be top dog in the multiplayer video game "Lone Wolf of Calamity Bay," but his dreams of winning the tournament are crushed when his parents send him to Camp Refresh, a tech-free summer camp. Soon, his days are filled with fresh air and group activities under the hot sun, but when he realizes how close Gamerville is to camp, he begins plotting his escape.

"Cruzita must save her family's failing panaderia by winning a mariachi band contest--the only problem is she hates mariachi and cannot speak Spanish"--OCLC.

"The Surfin' Shark Competition is about to start, and Kitana's ready to cheer her best chum Mack to victory! Though he rolls and dives his heart out, Mack may not swim out on top. Can Kitana help him see that being a princess is about more than winning?"--Provided by publisher.

"Gifted violinist Zurika Damani tries to juggle the obligations of her sister's extravagant wedding week while secretly preparing for a prominent music contest all while trying to dodge her family's matchmaking schemes"--OCLC.

A brother and sister are super excited for their school's field day.

A young girl cheers her brother on at a skateboarding competition, and returns home with her family to dream of her favorite extreme sport.

"A mermaid with no tail decides she wants to compete in the Mermaid Games. The other mermaids make fun of her for being different. But her adoptive turtle parents are supportive and encouraging, and her shark coach, Phelpsy, teaches her to swim using her arms. The mermaid trains hard, maintains a good attitude, and eventually wins the games"--Provided by publisher.

Seventeen-year-old Ross Quest, a master thief, enters the Thieves' Gambit, a competition consisting of dangerous, international heists, in order to save her mother's life.

"Coa, who was born feral in the North Transatlantic wilds, has just been captured. Now, Coa is subject to public humiliation and execution in a gruesome spectacle known as The Great Hunt. If participants die in the Great Hunt their entire family will be executed--in front of everyone. The nationalist regime, known as the Allied Force, will not rest until all foreigners are exterminated. Coa's best hope of survival might be Princess Ife--born of privilege, but newly married into the authoritarian lineage. Her riskier choice is an alliance with a gorgeous, cunning fellow participant, marked as a traitor to his militarized nation. Coa entangles herself with the captivating young man, but soon finds he could be her ultimate downfall"--Amazon.

"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.