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"A retired bestselling author hosts a one-of-a-kind competition, with high risks and high rewards-giving the winner a chance to change lives. Lucy Hart has come a long way since feeling the cold neglect of her parents, whose attention always centered around her chronically ill sister's needs. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher's aide, Lucy is able to share her love of books with bright, young students, and one in particular, a seven-year-old orphan...
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Hunger Games trilogy volume prequel
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English
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Publisher Annotation: It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against...
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage but is shaken to the core when a stranger shows up with the same unique birthmark, and a deadly assassin shows up moments later. In order to protect his family -- and the fate of the earth -- Cole and his companions must travel across the world and into other dimensions to discover their unique magical abilities and defeat Outworld's monstrous champions in...
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Book of tea volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Ning enters a cutthroat magical competition to find the kingdom's greatest master of the art of brewing tea, but political schemes and secrets make her goal of gaining access to royal physicians to cure her dying sister far more dangerous than she imagined.
7) Miss Bala
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Contains French descriptive video.
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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As mayors of neighboring New Hampshire towns, longtime rivals Liam and Sarah are determined to best each other on their way to leading their hamlets to victory in the annual statewide 'Christmas Spirit Competition.' When both towns unexpectedly advance to the contest2s final round, the mayors decide their best hope lies in working with, rather than against, each other. As they collaborate on a celebration showing what Christmas means to their communities,...
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Critter club volume 8
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
While her friends in the Critter Club babysit frogs, second-grader Marion enters a fashion design contest.
10) The robot ransom
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Series
Boxcar children volume 147
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English
Description
Jessie and Henry have their robot stolen before the big tournament.
11) Like Vanessa
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English
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It is 1983 and Vanessa Martin, a thirteen-year-old African American girl in Newark's public housing, dreams of following in the footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams. But the odds are against her until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.
12) Miss Bala
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
Description
"An aspiring beauty queen finds herself in the wrong place at the worst possible time in this explosive crime thriller set amid Mexico's increasingly violent drug war. After witnessing a shooting in a nightclub, the young woman is kidnapped and forced to work for ruthless gangsters in order to keep her dreams, and her family, alive"--Container.
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Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Fifteen-year-old Najwa Bakri is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend and Scrabble Queen, Trina, a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages.
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