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Allie, First at Last
2016
First Published
3.83
Average Rating
208
Number of Pages

This charming, heartfelt second novel by Gaby, Lost and Found author Angela Cervantes asks an all-important question: is winning top prize worth losing a friend? Allie Velasco wants to be a trailblazer. A trendsetter. A winner. No better feeling exists in the world than stepping to the top of a winner’s podium and hoisting a trophy high in the air. At least that’s what Allie thinks; she’s never actually won anything before. Everyone in her family is special in some way; her younger sister is a rising TV star, her brother is a soccer prodigy, and her great-grandfather is a Congressional Medal of Honor winner. With a family like this, Allie knows she has to make her mark or risk being left behind. She’s determined to add a shiny medal, blue ribbon, or beautiful trophy to her family’s award shelf. When a prestigious school contest is announced, Allie has the perfect opportunity to take first, at last. There’s just one small snag: Her biggest competition is also her ex-best friend, Sara. Can Allie take top prize and win back a friend, or is she destined to lose it all?

Avg Rating
3.83
Number of Ratings
676
5 STARS
32%
4 STARS
34%
3 STARS
24%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
3%
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Author

Angela Cervantes
Angela Cervantes
Author · 9 books
Angela is an award-winning author whose debut book, Gaby, Lost and Found, was named Best Youth Chapter book by the International Latino Book Awards and a Bank Street College of Education’s Best Books (2014). Angela’s second novel, Allie, First At Last (Scholastic Press; 2017) garnered a starred review from Kirkus. Angela's next MG novel, Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring will be released 3/27/18.
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