Face The Music
Victoria Torres is the fifth chair out of nine flutes in her middle school band, so when the director asks for a someone to play the new piccolo, Victoria sees it as her chance to stand out--but her best friend Bea has also volunteered, and their friendship may not survive the competition when they audition for the part.
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year: 2016
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: best friends, bands (music), middle-born children, hispanic americans, schools, musical instruments, competition (psychology), middle schools [X], hispanic american children, musical instuments, friendship, school stories, electronic books, electronic books
Pompom Problems
Victoria Torres is new to middle school and she decides that being a cheerleader is the key to popularity--but the competition is stiff, especially since it includes the awful, bossy Annelise and even with the support of her best friend, Bea, Victoria needs to work on both her cartwheels and her confidence.
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year: 2016
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: cheerleading, self-confidence, self-esteem, friendship, middle schools [X], best friends, hispanic americans, school stories, latinos (u.s.), schools, electronic books, electronic books
Formula For Friends
Victoria Torres is not the best math student, so when her older sister, Sofia, captain of their middle school math team, co-opts her to fill in for a team member who quit Vicka is not sure how to feel--she would certainly like to help the team win the conference trophy, but first she must get Sophia to see that it is her aggressive bossiness that is alienating the other team members.
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year: 2016
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: mathematics, hispanic american children, middle-born children, sisters, competition (psychology), middle schools [X], schools, birth order, electronic books, electronic books
Vicka For President
Middleton Middle School is holding class elections and the sixth-grade's candidates are Henry, who is running on a dare, and super bossy Annelise, so Victoria decides to add her name to the election, hoping she can actually do some good for the school.
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year: 2017
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: student government, middle schools [X], hispanic american children, middle-born children, friendship, elections, schools, hispanic americans, school stories, latinos (u.s.), birth order, electronic books, electronic books
Dance Fever
The Middleton Middle School fund-raising committee is looking for a theme for this year's event, and bossy Annelise insists on a formal dance, which her father will support with publicity and prizes, but the trouble is none of the boys want to come--so it is up to Victoria to get Annelise to agree to a compromise.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: hispanic american children, money-making projects for children, dance parties, middle-born children, middle schools [X], schools, hispanic americans, moneymaking projects, birth order, electronic books, school stories, electronic books