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Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and...
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Poplar kids volume 1
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A friendly neighborhood business competition between sixth-graders Rachel Chambers, so quiet she is practically invisible, and Peter S. Gronkowski, future mogul, turns into a ruthless rivalry.
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A life-changing secret destroys an unlikely friendship in this "magnetic" psychological thriller from the Edgar Award-winning author of Dare Me and The Turnout (Meg Wolitzer).
You told each other everything. Then she told you too much.
Kit has risen to the top of her profession and is on the brink of achieving everything she wanted. She hasn't let anything stop her.
But now...
You told each other everything. Then she told you too much.
Kit has risen to the top of her profession and is on the brink of achieving everything she wanted. She hasn't let anything stop her.
But now...
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition turns deadly in this “marvelously creepy thrill ride of a book that keeps twisting until the very end” (Karen M. McManus, author of One of Us Is Lying)
“The suspenseful plot combines elements of Thomas Tryon’s classic Harvest Home, Netflix’s Squid Game, and the social commentary of Jordan Peele’s film oeuvre...
“The suspenseful plot combines elements of Thomas Tryon’s classic Harvest Home, Netflix’s Squid Game, and the social commentary of Jordan Peele’s film oeuvre...
7) Double foul
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Camp Average volume 2
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Mack and the gang are back at Camp Average for another summer of fun, and this year they are allowing girls in. In an attempt to win a trophy the boys are pitted against the girls in a basketball game.
8) The layover
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"Two friends on a road trip compete for the affections of a handsome man when their flight is redirected due to a hurricane."--www.imdb.com.
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"Monsieur Oliphant's cake shop, the only bakery game in town, has long had customers lining up outside its door for Oliphant's delicious jelly rolls and marvelous wedding cakes . . . until the day cookie concocter Mademoiselle Fée takes over the old shoemaker's shop. And it isn't long before the divine piemaker Madame Clotilde soon moves into the old bric-a-brac shop. Three different bakers all trying to outclass one another means their little cul-de-sac...
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Nova project volume 2
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Miguel and his team enter a global competition to win the virtual reality game Chimera.
13) Just one goal!
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Ciara builds a hockey rink behind her house and she is determined to win the game no matter what the cost.
14) All for one
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"A swim team tries to win a state championship - without a pool to practice in."--www.imdb.com.
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Catch the new Alola Pokemon! This is the first illustrated chapter book featuring classic characters from the latest Nintendo game release, Pokemon Sun & Moon.
Ash, Pikachu and their friends are on a new quest through the Alola region. This action-packed adventure will see the beloved Trainer and his team take on foes new and old with some cool new Pokémon by his side. This illustrated chapter book is based on a thrilling three-part Pokemon Sun...
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Catch the new Alola Pokémon! This is the second illustrated chapter book featuring characters from the latest Nintendo game release, Pokémon Sun & Moon.
Ash can't wait to complete the next step of his Pokémon journey. He's determined to win a Z-Ring and learn to do Z-Moves, special attacks that only Trainers who've passed Alola's Island Challenge can use.
That means Ash will need to go head-to-head with Hala, the kahuna of Melemele Island. But...
17) Away games
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Camp Average volume 3
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This is definitely NOT an average summer The Camp Average crew is split in two. True to his promise, Andre is spending this year at Camp Killington, rival to Camp Average and home to Deets, baseball star and all-around shady guy. Luckily, he has a surprise waiting for him: Mack, who didn't want his best bud to suffer alone. Together, they're going to keep their heads down and blend in... even though someone seems intent on singling them out-and making...
18) Rivals
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In basketball-crazed Walthorne, rival middle school stars Austin Chambers and Carter Haswell are both feeling the pressure when school sports reporter Alfie Jenks reveals scandals that jeopardize the whole season. Told through flashbacks, newspaper reports, social media posts, and interviews.
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Teen astronauts volume 1
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Thirteen-year-old Houston Williams is given an opportunity to attend a prestigious NASA space camp. Houston and his teammate lead their group to the front of the pack. But they compete with a girl on a rival team named Ashley. The three of them wow the directors and are asked to join a top-secret project. But there are only two spots available, and Houston has to prove that he deserves the spot.
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