Grace di Giovanni tries to outmanuver a rival in order to get the leading role in her high school's musical, which, she hopes, will lead to a career on Broadway.

Lightning McQueen races back to take on a new generation of blazing-fast competitors! Can he make it to racing's biggest stage, the legendary Piston Cup Championship?

Sasha Silver has got it all--a hot boyfriend, a place on the YENT, and the perfect BFF. But Sasha gets a surprise blast from the past when Lauren Towers, a superstar rider from Sasha's hometown, enrolls at Canterwood. Will Lauren become Sasha's friend or her stylish, gorgeous, boy-magnet foe?

With the Valle Grande Skate Spectacular competition coming up, Catalina is hoping her sister Coco will win and she can have her old board, but Coco has lost her skateboarding mojo so Catalina considers entering the competition herself.

Twelve-year-old Kristoff Bjorgman is excited about the Polar Nights festival's ice harvester competition, but when a storm rolls in on the day of the race Kristoff must choose between safety or saving his bullying classmate.

Two trains race each other on the way to Chicago.

"New friends. Old rivalries. And the amazing place that brings them together. Taylor Henry's life at Wildwood Stables is busier than ever. She's working with a new therapy horse program at the stables, practicing English-style riding, and still hoping to convince her horse, Prince Albert, to accept new riders. But when bratty Plum Mason brags about entering a jumping competition, Taylor can't resist taking on another project. Plum insists on entering...

For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts his younger sister, Nadia, as payment to enter the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal--kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia's freedom. But Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. Her mother, the Sultana, has been assassinated; her court threatens mutiny;...

For this pair of twin cherries, everything is a competition. If Girl Cherry can swing higher, Boy Cherry will boast that he can swing lower. If one is smarter, then the other is cooler. So when they enter a contest to build the best dessert ever, they immediately pit themselves against each other. But when you’re attached at the stem, there’s only so much you can do on your own. Things could be easy as pie—so to speak—if they put aside their...

"The Love Puppies are thrilled to hear that Jayden wants to enter a baking competition. But when practice ends in disaster, Clyde wonders if they'll be able to boost Jayden's confidence in times. This mission might be over before it starts if Jayden decides not to compete! How can the pup help him see that practice makes perfect?"--Back cover.