Hope James is going to get first chair. Her older sister did it. Her mom expects it. Then Sherman Frye moves to town. Hope's best friend, ace reporter Baylor Meece, gets the scoop. At his old school, Sherman was amazing. At Benton Bluff Junior High, he has to be stopped. Because first chair is everything. Isn't it? Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.