competition (psychology)

"Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through she is forced to turn to her school's scholarship for prom king and queen, which plunges her into the gauntlet of social media which she hates and leads her to discoveries about her own identity and the value of true friendships"--Provided by publisher.

Seventeen, fashion-obsessed, and gay, Abby Ives lands an internship at her favorite boutique. She then falls for her fellow intern, Jordi Perez, and finds herself competing against Jordi to win the paid job at the end of the internship. As Abby begins to feel more confident, her new best friend Jax helps her find the best burger in Los Angeles, to prove to Abby's mother, the health nut, that Abby is her own woman. But when her self-esteem reaches its peak, Jordi publishes photographs that cause Abby to feel betrayed, and reconcile her private sense of self-worth and the image others have of her.

"Addy has never been good at sports. She's so clumsy, she's earned the name Hurricane Addy. But this year, all of that is going to change. Addy wants to join the swim team at the Club. She's surprised to learn how much exercise and training it takes to become a strong swimmer. Does Addy have what it takes to be the athlete she always dreamed of becoming?"--Back cover.

Meg goes to Maker School to hone her talent for building with boxes, but when Simone, another boxitect, arrives they become so competitive they nearly fail in the annual Maker Match.

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.

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.

The overweight and unathletic son of a famous former football star discovers that his equally fat and lazy dog is unexpectedly--and obsessively--interested in competing in dog agility contests.

When Harper and her fellow Dance Starz go to New York City for nationals, they not only face their arch-rivals, the Bells, but Harper will also compete against her old dance team.

Isaac Foster, captain of Team Rogue, is not sure what to expect from Kai Palakiko, who is new to snowboarding, but an expert surfer and a last minute addition to the team, and wonders if Kai can adapt his talent in time for the big competition.