When second-grader Richard and three other members of the Sumac School Chess Club compete in their first tournament, they each learn something about luck, concentration, and teamwork.

Ash and his friend Pikachu explore the world of the Pokémon. Ash's goal is to become the greatest Pokémon master of all. He competes in the Indigo, Orange, Johto and Hoenn gyms and championships. He travels with his friends, Brock and Misty with her Togepi. He meets other characters who help him, like Tracey and May. They are constantly being pursued by Team Rocket members Jesse, James and Meowth who will stop at nothing to get Pikachu. They also...

While staying at their grandmother's ranch, sisters Tori and Miranda are practicing to compete in different events at the local horse show--but Ashley, a rude and conceited girl who is stabling her pony at the ranch, is constantly criticizing everthing, their costumes, their ponies, Jewel and Buttercup, and generally draining the fun out of the summer.

"Harry, the mischievous little white dog with black spots, isn't happy when the children are paying more attention to the neighbor's guinea pig than him. But when Harry accidentally causes the guinea pig to get loose at school, he has to use his detectiveskills to save the day. Can Harry find the guinea pig before he's sent to the doghouse?"--

Fenton's father and his dig team must solve a dinosaur puzzle to win a large research grant in a competition.

At summer camp Jane feels like an outsider among the cliquish rich girls who board their horses at Sunny Acres farm, and when the horse she has been riding is sold to another camper, she feels even worse until her teacher asks her to help train a beautiful but skittish new horse, and the experience brings out the best in her.

Although sixteen-year-old Sophie has grown up working in her family's Mediterranean restaurant in Washington, D.C., she is not prepared to compete on the new reality show, Teen Test Kitchen, when her best friend Alex convinces her to audition. Includes recipes.

Dominic, Rose, and Nancy are three children whose families have been torn apart, their homes destroyed, their innocence lost, and who currently reside in a displaced persons camp in Patongo. These children attend a school where they can momentarily forget the brutal realities of their lives, as they participate in music, song and dance. When they are invited to compete in an annual music/dance festival in their nation's capitol, their historic journey...

Collecting Pokémon is no easy task, Dawn finds, and training them can be even harder. The work pays off as she, Ash and Brock make their way to Eterna City for Ash's next gym battle, then on to Hearthome for the Sinnoh Double Battle Tournament. The biggest challenge of all just might be getting to the tournament. Maybe a Pokémon with teleportation skills can give them a hand.

"Throughout the years both Rowan and Neil have been at competition with one another on everything from who has the best ideas for school functions to which one will be their graduating class's valedictorian. However, in the twenty-four hours left they have as high school students, the two learn they share something much deeper than a rivalry"--