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Summary
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a Victor's Tour of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games, The Quarter Quell, and announces a...
Series
Summary
Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts is marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort's Death Eaters are gaining strength and create the Dark Mark - giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again. In the unsuspecting lives of the students at Hogwarts, the competitors are selected...
5) Beautiful
Pub. Date
2001
Summary
Mona is determined to win the Miss American Miss contest, even if it means cheating or concealing the fact that she has a daughter.
6) The Wizard
Pub. Date
[2006]
Summary
A boy decides to take his autistic video game-playing brother to a national video game competition across the country.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Summary
Marry Go Round: Abby is a successful executive moving to Paris and planning to marry Edward. Life is perfect until she learns her divorce from high school sweetheart Luke is not exactly official. Wedding of a Lifetime: A recently separated couple rekindles their romance when they are inadvertently entered into a nationally televised contest competing for an all-expenses-paid wedding.
9) Cook off!
Pub. Date
[2018]
Summary
Amateur 'chefs' from around the country compete for a million dollar prize in the ultimate food fight.
10) Miss Juneteenth
Pub. Date
[2020]
Summary
A former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Summary
Summer is here, and the heroes of Class One-A and One-B are in for the toughest training camp of their lives! A group of seasoned pros pushes everyone's Quirks to new heights as the students face one overwhelming challenge after another. Braving the elements in this secret location becomes the least of their worries when routine training turns into a critical struggle for survival.
Pub. Date
©2001.
Summary
Join Sakura and her friends on the most unbelievable adventure ever! Sakura wins a trip for 4 to Hong Kong ; the place where Clow Reed, Kero, Yue and the Clow Cards once lived. Her excitement fades when an ominous force calls out to Sakura in her dreams reminding her that Clow Reed's vengeful legacy lingers in the back alleys of Li's hometown. Now, for the first time, Sakura must call upon her cards to combat a true menace. If she fails, her family...
13) Wadjda
Pub. Date
[2014]
Summary
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Summary
It's 'veggie-mania' in Wallace and Gromit's neighborhood. The two enterprising friends are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, "Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition they find that their business is booming. They come to find out that running a "humane" pest control outfit can have its drawbacks. Suddenly, a large and mysterious veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable...
16) Deck the halls
Pub. Date
[2007]
Summary
Two neighbors in a small New England town go to war when one of them decides to decorate his house with a so many Christmas lights that they are visible from space. The neighborhood is turned upside down as the families try to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Summary
New York accountant Emma Colvin is heartbroken when her boyfriend leaves her before their planned romantic getaway to Belgium for Valentine's Day. Convinced by a friend to go alone on the trip, Emma has the adventure of a lifetime when her Belgian innkeeper introduces her to renowned chocolatier, Luc Simon. Luc and his fellow chocolatiers are amid competition to create the most romantic chocolate in Belgium for the upcoming Belgian royal wedding.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Summary
Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived. She awakens from the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell deep inside the bunkered catacombs of District 13. Separated from some of her closest allies and fearing for their safety in the Capitol, Katniss finally agrees to be the Mockingjay, the symbolic leader of the rebellion. Still uncertain as to whom she can trust, Katniss must help 13 rise from the shadows, all the while knowing that President Snow has...
20) Battle royale
Pub. Date
[2012]
Summary
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary 'Battle Royale' act. 42 Students, Three Days, One Survivor, No Rules. Bonus features included.