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For Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman, executive assistants to the CEOs of newly merged Bexley-Gamin Publishing, it's hate-at-first-sight. So begins a series of daily passive-aggressive maneuvers, including the staring game, the mirror game, and the HR game, each played with the intensity of the Hunger Games. Their mutual antipathy grows when a new executive position opens at Bexley-Gamin, and both their bosses put their names up for the promotion....
2) Boxitects
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English
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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.
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"When Kristin Chapman agrees to let her husband, Richard, host his brother's bachelor party, she expects a certain amount of debauchery. She brings their young daughter to Manhattan for the evening, leaving her Westchester home to the men and their hired entertainment. What she does not expect is this: bacchanalian drunkenness, her husband sharing a dangerously intimate moment in the guest room, and two women stabbing and killing their Russian bodyguards...
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Gigi, Bette, and June, three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet school, have seen their fair share of drama. Free-spirited new girl Gigi just wants to dance -- but the very act might kill her. Privileged New Yorker Bette's desire to escape the shadow of her ballet star sister brings out a dangerous edge in her. And perfectionist June needs to land a lead role this year or her controlling mother will put an end to her dancing dreams forever....
10) Shark vs. train
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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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.
12) Score out
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Series
Perfect Balance Gymnastics volume 6
Publisher
[Melisa Torres]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Carmen Alvarez is new to competitive gymnastics, and it isn't quite what she expected. Her Level 4 season is having a rough start with silly mistakes and several falls. Carmen continues to work hard. But just when she has competition figured out, she learns she must score a 34.00 All-Around to be eligible for Level 5. What will Carmen do if her season ends without getting the coveted 34.00 All-Around?"--Page [4] of cover.
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"Just once, Frank Pearl would like to win at something! He is going to win a prize if it's the last thing he does. Could an amazing yo-yo trick or Cookie the parrot land him a prize? Could a blue ribbon be his at the Great Third-Grade Breakfast Bash? With three shots at a prize and Judy Moody cheering him on (sort of?), there's no way that Frank can miss out on a trophy this time" --
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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Family man Phil Weston, a lifelong victim of his father's competitive nature, takes on the coaching duties of a kids' soccer team, and soon finds that he's also taking on his father's dysfunctional way of relating to others.
16) I'm on it!
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Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2021]
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English
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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"--
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Series
Soccer Cats volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Co
Pub. Date
c1999
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English
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Dewey loves to draw and wants to enter the soccer team logo contest, but he does not want to win the grand prize--being team captain.
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Ballet slippers volume 6
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c1998
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English
Description
When Rosie sets her heart on being selected for a part in Miss Deidre's summer ballet performance, she has no idea that she may be chosen for something even better.
19) Ready, set, go!
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Series
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HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c1996
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English
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Summary: When she plays with bigger dogs, Sasha proves herself and her abilities.