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2) Butter
Author
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
The wife of the longtime winner of a local butter-carving contest steps in when her husband decides to bow out of this year's competition, but finds she has a formidable opponent in Destiny, a ten-year-old adopted African-American girl with a natural gift for sculpture.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
After she joins a baking contest to try to shake off the lingering grief from her husband's death, Zell Carmichael Roy befriends her nine-year-old next-door neighbor, a motherless girl who joins Zell's quest for dessert-competition glory.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Shares observations about the subculture of contemporary art, in a narrative that tours such arenas as a Christie's auction and the Basel Art Fair to reveal how art has become an entertainment venue, luxury commodity, and lifestyle choice.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Sharing the dream of being the best horsewoman in the world, Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter champion riders, break their vow of never going up against each other when they both participate in the competitions leading up to the Olympics.
8) Warrior
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
An ex-Marine with a tragic past returns home, enlisting his recovering alcoholic father to train him for a mixed martial arts tournament where he will face his brother in competition for the biggest purse in the history of the sport.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nora Trier catches thieves. As a forensic accountant and partner in her downtown Minneapolis firm, she's unearthed millions in every corner of the world. She prides herself on her independence, the most essential currency of accounting, until her firm is hired by Strike. An anti-corporate, feminist athletic empire, Strike is owned by Logan Russo, a brash and legendary kickboxer, and her marketing genius husband, Gregg Abbott. They're about to host...
Author
Series
Aven Green volume 2
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"Aven knows she's an expert baker of cakes and cookies since she's been baking with her mom for a really long time. Plus no one bakes quite like she does. She cracks eggs with her feet and measures sugar and flour with her feet (plus measuring cups), since she was born without arms. And now Aven has her eye on the prize: a beautiful blue ribbon for baking at the county fair. So she teams up with her friends Kayla, Emily, and Sujata. But it turns out...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When production for the tenth season of the hit cooking competition Bake Week begins at the gothic estate of the show's host and founder, celebrity chef Betsy Martin, everything seems normal. The six contestants are eager to prove their culinary talents over the course of five days, while Betsy struggles for control of the show with her new co-host, the brash and unpredictable Archie Morris. But as the baking competition gets under way, things begin...
12) Puzzle
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A closely observed portrait of Agnes, who has reached her early 40s without ever venturing far from home, family or the tight-knit immigrant community in which she was raised by her widowed father. That begins to change in a quietly dramatic fashion when Agnes receives a jigsaw puzzle as a birthday gift and experiences the heady thrill of not only doing something she enjoys, but being very, very good at it.
13) Anticipation
Author
Series
Publisher
Gemini Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"What do beavers and baked goods have to do with love? Well, everything for Liliana Travis, the owner of the local coffee shop, Higher Grounds. Her day job is serving caffeine highs, but her love life is at an all-time low. A meticulous planner ever since high school, she has a checklist for her perfect man and even plans for how she wants this future romance to unfold. But her carefully laid plans are about to be upended by something, rather someone,...
14) A knotty problem
Author
Series
Math Kids volume 7
Publisher
Common Deer Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When Stephanie finds out her soccer team has a tournament on the same day as the district math competition, an upset Justin offers her a choice: choose Math Kids or leave the club. Dismayed by his attitude, Stephanie quits and Catherine goes with her. With their club in shambles, the future of their friendships is further threatened by the news that Justin's dad has been offered a new job and wants to move his family to St. Louis. Jordan, Justin,...
Author
Series
Pies before guys mystery volume 2
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Daisy bakes a little murder into every pie she creates, and she and her dog, Zoe, deliver them to the town's worst cads. Now, Daisy's entered a televised, elimination-style competition and has a shot at $100k in prize money--but she still has a murder pie to deliver between filming. In a completely unexpected turn of events, she discovers that her intended victim is one of the competition judges, and he turns up dead before the pie even arrives....
16) Pitch perfect
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
An all-girls collegiate a capella group takes on the reigning champions in a competition.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2024]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chery Etienne has her own hip-hop dance crew, but now some of them are moving away and she will have to try out for her middle school's hip-hop dance team, although since she has never had any formal training she is not sure her unique style will be welcome.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir comes a new World War II-set story of four women on the home front competing for a spot hosting a BBC wartime cookery program and a chance to better their lives. Two years into World War II, Britain is feeling her losses; the Nazis have won battles, the Blitz has destroyed cities, and U-boats have cut off the supply of food. In an effort to help housewives with food rationing, a BBC radio...
20) Space oddity
Author
Series
Space opera (Catherynne M. Valente) volume 2
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The Metagalactic Grand Prix--part gladiatorial contest, part beauty pageant, part concert extravaganza, and part continuation of the wars of the past returns and the fate of the Earth is once again threatened. The civilizations opposed to humanity have been plotting and want to take down the upstarts. Can humanity rise again in this sequel to the beloved Hugo Award-nominated national bestselling Space Opera?"-- Provided by publisher.
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