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2) Long shot
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Pedro, an avid basketball player, decides to run for class president, challenging a teammate who is also one of the most popular boys in school.
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A twist on the classic game of Rock Paper Scissors, this story celebrates the differences that make three friends unique.
The ninja, the cowboy and the bear do everything together. But when a contest among themselves leads to resentment, they soon learn that the only way to stop disagreeing is to be considerate of their differences and appreciate one another.
10) Cheer choice
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When Colleen's best friend and co-captain changes schools, she's devastated. The cheerleading squad won't be the same without Meredith. But when Colleen learns that Meredith is teaching her new squad the routine they created together for an upcoming competition, she's hurt. Colleen has to decide what's more important - keeping her friend or coming in first.
13) Skating showdown
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Thirteen-year-old Janelle loves figure skating, but when she enters a competition she is frustrated because she is not as good at the jumps as another girl at the rink and she starts to wonder if she should just quit--until her coach comes up with an idea.
14) I'm on it!
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"When Frog and Goat turn a simple game into an all-out competition, things get out of hand...until finally, they're over it"--
15) Shark vs. train
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A shark and a train compete in a series of contests on a seesaw, in hot air balloons, bowling, shooting baskets, playing hide-and-seek, and more.
17) The pet war
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Eleven-year-old Otto wants a dog, and his older sister Lexi wants a cat, so their mother suggests that whoever can raise enough money to pay for their pet can choose--and so the competition begins.
18) Sugar and ice
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When Russian skating coach Andrei Grosheva offers twelve-year-old farm girl Claire a scholarship to train with the elite in Lake Placid, she encounters a world of mean girls on ice, where competition is everything.
19) Game-day jitters
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With help from his older brother Larry, nine-year-old Ben learns to cope with his nervousness about the Kickers League playoffs. Includes "Ben's Top Ten Tips for Soccer Players."
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"Things have changed in the Tibbs house, and Mya isn't happy about it. She's stuck in the middle between an exceptionally cute baby sister and an exceptionally smart older brother. And her tired parents seem to only notice the "exceptional" kids in the house. So when a class project lassoes Mya into starting her own school newspaper, she's sure this will earn her the star status she wants from her parents. But the same project also gives Mya's archenemy,...