With the help of her new friend Twef, twelve-year-old Jilly and her dog Poetry win the annual coon dog race in Effingham.

Shy sixteen-year-old Elaine has long dreamed of being the next Julia Child, to the dismay of her feminist mother, but when her first friend, the outrageous Lucida Sans, convinces Elaine to enter a cooking contest, anything could happen.

First-grader Meghan Rose, caught up in a contest with Sophie to prove who is smarter, does not see that her friend Lynette is upset, but before long she has learned the difference between "smart" and "wise." Includes discussion questions and activities.

Sixteen-year-old Alice McLeod's life as an outcast begins to change when she experiments with being friends with different sorts of people, tries drinking alcohol and eating meat, and competes in the Miss Smithers beauty pageant.

The band called SPACEPOP gains fame across the galaxy, spreading a message of rebellion through music. But with huge fame comes huge problems! The five princesses of the pentangle, Athena, Luna, Rhea, Hera, and Juno, are finding it harder to keep their secret identities under wraps between TV appearances, commercials, and the upcoming Battle of the Bands!

"Morrigan es una niña ocurrente y carismática, pero con unos horribles padres poderosos que no le hacen ningún caso. Aunque eso no es lo peor, porque ella arrastra una maldición atroz que la condena a morir antes de cumplir once años. Entonces, un hombre misterioso se la lleva a Nevermoor la vigilia de su cumpleaños. Allí Morrigan podrá burlar a la muerte y formar parte del grupo de los elegidos si consigue superar cuatro pruebas. Lo que no...

When Matthew enters a contest at the beach, he builds an amazing, incredible, unbelievable sandcastle.

Mariella sees some strange stuff at a Young Super Sleuth convention. Could the culprit be... The mystic mustache?

"Katani's favorite magazine, T-Biz!, is running a contest for young entrepreneurs, and she can't wait to surprise her family and the BSG with a prize-winning entry. With the deadline just a week away, major school projects due, and a promise to knit twenty(!) scarves for a Think Pink! fund-raiser, Katani is running out of time. It doesn't make things easier that Maeve has signed up for Betsy Fitzgerald's tutoring service. Betsy is Katanai's competition!...