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- Carrie Soto is back : a novel / by Reid, Taylor Jenkins,author.;
"In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime-from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one of those victories. After all, her dad-a former champion tennis player himself-has trained her for this since the age of two, always emphasizing, "We don't stop for one second until you are the best." Which is why it is infuriating when Nicki Chan arrives on the scene six years later and ties Carrie with twenty Slams. Just like that, Carrie's championship record is slipping through her hands. And she can't let that happen. So at thirty-seven years old, Carrie Soto is coming out of retirement to defend her title. Even if the sports media says she's too old to be playing professionally. Even if her injured athlete's body doesn't move as fast as it once did. Even if it means trusting her father to coach her again after he betrayed her all those years ago. And even if the fans don't want the cold, heartless "Battle Axe" Carrie back. In spite of it all: Carrie. Is. Back. She will return for one final season to prove to the world that she is the all-time champion. Because if you know your destiny is to be the best, isn't it your right to keep fighting for it?"--
- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Sports fiction.; Novels.; Competition (Psychology); Fathers and daughters; Women athletes; Women tennis players;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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- Carrie Soto is back [text (large print)] : a novel / by Reid, Taylor Jenkins,author.;
"In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime-from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one of those victories. After all, her dad-a former champion tennis player himself-has trained her for this since the age of two, always emphasizing, "We don't stop for one second until you are the best." Which is why it is infuriating when Nicki Chan arrives on the scene six years later and ties Carrie with twenty Slams. Just like that, Carrie's championship record is slipping through her hands. And she can't let that happen. So at thirty-seven years old, Carrie Soto is coming out of retirement to defend her title. Even if the sports media says she's too old to be playing professionally. Even if her injured athlete's body doesn't move as fast as it once did. Even if it means trusting her father to coach her again after he betrayed her all those years ago. And even if the fans don't want the cold, heartless "Battle Axe" Carrie back. In spite of it all: Carrie. Is. Back. She will return for one final season to prove to the world that she is the all-time champion. Because if you know your destiny is to be the best, isn't it your right to keep fighting for it?"--
- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Sports fiction.; Large type books.; Novels.; Competition (Psychology); Fathers and daughters; Women athletes; Women tennis players;
- Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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- Carrie Soto is back [sound recording] : a novel / by Reid, Taylor Jenkins,author.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Stacy Gonzalez, Mary Carillo, Patrick Mcenroe, Rob Simmelkjaer, Brendan Wayne, Max Meyers, Reynaldo Piniella, Vidish Athavale, Tom Bromhead, Heath Miller, Julia Whelan, Sara Arrington."In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime-from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has shattered every record and claimed twenty Slam titles. And if you ask Carrie, she is entitled to every one of those victories. After all, her dad-a former champion tennis player himself-has trained her for this since the age of two, always emphasizing, "We don't stop for one second until you are the best." Which is why it is infuriating when Nicki Chan arrives on the scene six years later and ties Carrie with twenty Slams. Just like that, Carrie's championship record is slipping through her hands. And she can't let that happen. So at thirty-seven years old, Carrie Soto is coming out of retirement to defend her title. Even if the sports media says she's too old to be playing professionally. Even if her injured athlete's body doesn't move as fast as it once did. Even if it means trusting her father to coach her again after he betrayed her all those years ago. And even if the fans don't want the cold, heartless "Battle Axe" Carrie back. In spite of it all: Carrie. Is. Back. She will return for one final season to prove to the world that she is the all-time champion. Because if you know your destiny is to be the best, isn't it your right to keep fighting for it?"--
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Psychological fiction.; Sports fiction.; Competition (Psychology); Fathers and daughters; Women athletes; Women tennis players;
- Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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- Strawberry Shortcake's spring spectacular [videorecording] / by Kaari(Comic book artist),voice actor.; Miller, Jim,television director.; Sani, Ana,voice actor.; Valderrama, Margarita,voice actor.; NCircle Entertainment,publisher.;
Ana Sani, Diana Kaarina, Margarita Valderrama, Bahia Watson, Andrea Libman, Shannon Chan-kent, Tabitha St. Germain, Ingrid Nilson, Ian Hanlin, Chirag Naik.Strawberry thinks more popularity will help her baking dreams come true and decides to compete to win best float at the flower festival. Pumpkin Spice, not wanting to be outdone, teams up with the Purple Pieman to stop Strawberry from winning. The Purple Pieman steals Plum Pudding's flower growth serum, alters it, and accidentally creates moving plants that take over the city.G.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Made-for-TV movies.; Strawberry Shortcake (Fictitious character); Competition; Dreams; Plants; Female friendship;
- For private home use only.
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Rosie Frost & the Falcon Queen / by Halliwell, Geri,1972-;
Suddenly orphaned and alone, Rosie Frost is sent to the mysterious Bloodstone Island--home not only to a school for extraordinary teens, but also a sanctuary for endangered species. There, Rosie confronts a menacing deputy headmaster, a group of mean kids intent on destroying her, and shocking family secrets. She also discovers that history can come to life in ways she never could have imagined. When the island itself comes under threat, Rosie knows she must enter and win the Falcon Queen games in a desperate bid to save it. But Rosie can't do it alone. She finds that believing in herself--and her friends--is the first step to finding the power she never knew she had.Ages 10 up.
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Islands; Magic; Interpersonal relations; Competition; Secrecy;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- BMX challenge / by Maddox, Jake.; Troupe, Thomas Kingsley.; Tiffany, Sean.;
Jason never turns down a dare, but when his classmates challenge him to a BMX competition Jason must learn to ride a BMX bike or this dare will be his last.LSC
- Subjects: Bicycle motocross; Competition (Psychology); Self-confidence;
- © c2012., Capstone,
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- Hide : a novel / by White, Kiersten,author.;
"The challenge: Spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don't get caught. The prize: enough money to change everything. Even though everyone is desperate to win--to seize a dream future or escape a haunting past--Mack is sure she can beat her competitors. All she has to do is hide, and she's an expert at that. It's the reason she's alive and her family isn't. But as the people around her begin disappearing one by one, Mack realizes that this competition is even more sinister than she imagined, and that together might be the only way to survive. Fourteen competitors. Seven days. Everywhere to hide but nowhere to run. Come out, come out, wherever you are."--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Amusement parks; Competition; Hide-and-seek; Homeless persons;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- All I want for Christmas / by Knox, Maggie,author.;
"A pitch-perfect holiday rom com about two oil-and-water reality-star country singers who must fake a relationship in order to win the opportunity of a lifetime, perfect for fans of Sally Thorne's The Hating Game and Christina Lauren's In a Holidaze"--
- Subjects: Romance fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Novels.; Competition; Country music; Dating (Social customs); Reality television programs; Singers;
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- Just one goal! / by Munsch, Robert N.,1945-; Martchenko, Michael.;
Ciara builds a hockey rink behind her house and she is determined to win the game no matter what the cost.LSC
- Subjects: Hockey stories.; Hockey arenas; Competition (Psychology); Families; Friendship; Rivers;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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- Martin McLean, middle school queen / by Zaczek, Alyssa.;
Seventh-grader Martin McLean has trouble expressing himself except at Mathletes competitions and, now, as a female impersonator but his first-ever drag show falls on the same night as an important Mathletes tournament.LSC
- Subjects: Female impersonators; Mathematics; Best friends; Friendship; Junior high schools; Single-parent families; Hispanic Americans;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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