Being Second Best
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For Alice, music is her life. The beautiful music she plays with her trumpet exhilarates her. But one person stands in her way from achieving her dreams.
Aaron Alexander Andrews
They've been enemies since she was 5. Since she learned how to play the trumpet, he was always first. Every. Single. Time. Being second best isn't what she wants and when Aaron comes to summer band camp everything changes.
Will she no longer be second best?
For once on her life
Will she be first?
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