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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
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In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
2) Joyful Noise
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The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill (Latifah), stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style,...
3) La elite
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Sixteen-year-old America Singer is one of only six girls still competing in the Selection--but before she can fight to win Prince Maxon and the Illean crown, she must decide where her own heart truly lies.
4) En llamas
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Description
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
Contra todo pronóstico, Katniss Everdeen ha ganado los Juegos del Hambre anuales junto con el otro tributo de su distrito, Peeta Mellark. Pero fue una victoria conseguida mediante...
5) Blackball
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Lawn bowls player Cliff Starkey is a roguishly handsome superstar who can't keep out of trouble. When he catches wind of an upcoming championship match between England and rival team, Australia, he becomes determined to make the national team. Quickly acquiring a flashy American agent and becoming the most popular player in England, Cliff vows to dethrone traditionalist bowls champion Ray Speight, who has made no secret his dislike for Cliff's brash...
Author
Series
Three rancheros volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Ten-year-old Raymie Clarke has come to realize that absolutely everything depends on her. And she has a plan. If she can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father, who left town two days ago with a dental hygienist, will see Raymie's picture in the paper and come home. To win, not only does Raymie have to do good deeds and learn how to twirl a baton; she also has to contend with the wispy, frequently fainting Louisiana...
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Miss Congeniality: Tomboyish federal agent Gracie Hart poses as a Miss United States contestant in order to unmask a serial killer who has targeted the pageant.
Miss Congeniality 2: Special Agent Gracie Hart, the Bureau's new celebrity face, has become too famous for field work but goes undercover once again when two friends are kidnapped.
9) Let it shine
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Cyrus DeBarge learns that his old classmate and former crush-turned pop star Roxie is coming back for a local music show and Cyrus decides to use his music to tell her how he feels, but when someone else takes credit for Cyrus's song, he must find the courage to speak up for himself.