The Contenders

By Peg Cheng

Can enemies become friends? That's the question at the heart of THE CONTENDERS, a novel featuring two fifth graders who couldn't be more different or hate each other more.

Eunice Yang wants just two things in life: to win The Contest and to beat Thad Warfield.

Only fifth graders can compete in Soap Lake's annual Brawn and Brains Contest. Winning first place means Eunice will finally get the bike she's always dreamt about: the Rainier Cruiser. But what she wants even more than her dream bike is to beat Thad Warfield, supreme dumbhead and her archenemy since first grade.

But this year, The Contest's hundredth anniversary, the rules change. Now, students have to compete in teams of two. Eunice's worst nightmare comes true. She's partnered with-Thad.

Together, Eunice and Thad careen through a year filled with cutthroat competitions, vicious squabbles, tetherball death matches, and visits to the principal's office.It's a close race to the very end, when Eunice discovers that being a contender takes more than just brawn and brains-it takes heart-and there are some things more important than winning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943578001
• ISBN13: 9781943578009
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Peg Cheng LLC
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"