Allie, first at last
By: by Angela Cervantes
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780545812238; 9780545940245
Subjects: Self-confidence; Great-grandfathers; Elementary schools; Hispanic American families; Juvenile fiction; Family life; Fiction; Hispanic Americans; Best friends; Schools; Families; Contests; Friendship
Description: 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.