Born into a family of over-achievers, fifth-grader Allie Velasco has never finished first in anything, and lately things have been going badly: her science project is ruined by a well-meaning student, her former best friend is hanging out with another girl--but now she is determined to win the Trailblazer contest with a photographic presentation about her great grandfather, the first Congressional Medal of Honor winner from their town.

Geronimo Stiltonord has trouble selecting a winner as the judge of the Shield Mouselet Mega Challenge, and while everyone is distracted by the competition, the dragons launch a surprise attack.

Twelve-year-old Ben must cope with the loss of his father, who died the year before, and his mother's overprotectiveness when he enters the annual Striped Bass Derby on Martha's Vineyard.

Told from multiple viewpoints, well-behaved Ethan Marcus sets off a protest and leads a team in inventing a device to help students tired of sitting all day.

The girls from Camp Lakeview keep in touch through a blog as Priya deals with a science fair project, Alyssa fights for the chance to be featured in an arts magazine, Val vies for a spot in a dance recital, and a Tori attracts the attention of the son of one of her father's clients.

"Mr. Lemoncello holds a contest for his young friends where they must race to bring interesting facts back to his library"--

From the Publisher: Mrs. Eva Marie Olinski is charged with appointing four students to represent her sixth-grade class in the Epiphany Middle School Academic Bowl competition. When these four students, calling themselves "The Souls, " go on to win the state Academic Bowl Championship, Mrs. Olinski begins to realize that these four students who appear to have little in common on the surface have been on a journey that interlocked their lives like pieces...

When Suzie Yang is chosen to make a short narrative film for the CloudSong Seattle Film Festival Young Filmmakers' Contest, she finds she must be her genuine self to make a motion picture she can be pleased with.

"Creepella's father, Boris von Cacklefur, is a finalist in the Fright Night contest--Gloomeria's prestigious poetry competition. If he can perform the most terrifying rhymes, he will be crowned Fright Night Idol! But midway through the contest, Boris mysteriously disappears. Can Creepella and her friends find him before the final round?"--P. [4] of cover.

Robyn Loxley plans to sieze the opportunity to rescue her parents from the governor's mansion by competing in the Iron Teen contest, although success could bring unwanted attention from Crown.