Here's the information that I collected from Tenney in the Key of Friendship:
Chapter List:
1- Studio Time
2- Cousin Mina
3-New Ideas
4- A Big Opportunity
5- Two Surprises
6- In A Jam
7- Really Listen
8- Unexpected Harmony
9- Double-Booked
10- Festival Lights
11- Off Tempo
12- A Break in the Music
13- An Unexpected Ally
14- Making Amends
15- Banding Together
16- A Star On The Rise
17- Singing To The Sky
18- Next Steps
Character List-
Jaya Mitra- The artist best friend who is of Bengali descent.
Ray Grant- Owner of a music shop, "Grant's Music And Collectibles", and leader of the Tri-Stars.
Logan Everett- A stubborn drummer who Tenney works with. They become a duo at the end of the book.
Mason Grant- 17 year old brother who is into music gear and tinkering.
Mom- Owner of a food truck, "Georgia's Genuine Tennessee Hot Chicken".
Aubrey- Tenney's 7 year old sister who is full of energy and a big fan of Belle Starr.
Mrs. Carter- Tenney's homeroom teacher.
Holliday Hayes- Mean girl stereotype. Holliday's dad is the vice president of Silver Sun Records.
Portia "Patty" Burns- A senior who Tenney works with for her music. She is a country superstar.
Ellie Cale- A A&R Coordinator for Mockingbird Records, who discovered Tenney.
Zane Cale- The CEO of Mockingbird Records and Tenney's manager.
Rob- Sound engineer.
Mina- Jaya's cousin from Bangdalesh. A storm blows down her school, and Jaya works to save it.
Principal Schriber- The principal of Magnolia Hills Middle School.
Charlie Wakida- A kid who helps with Jaya's book drive. He collects books from the senior center.
Tara Higgins- A kid who helps with Jaya's book drive. She collects books from the post office and grocery store.
Belle Starr- A pop musician who Aubrey is a big fan of. Tenney meets her and Belle helps with the concert.
Plot Points:
-The Hot Chicken Truck is aqua with red lettering. I think they'll make the food truck!
-The recording studio is called Shake Rag Studios.
-Tenney has been a musician since she was 4
-Mom collected Portia's albums when she was a teenager
-It's been a few weeks after Tenney ended
-Tenney dreams of playing at the Nashville Music Festival
-Logan has freckles on his arms
-Tenney gets lost in the recording studio and runs into Logan.
-Logan is rude to Tenney.
-Jaya and Tenney are having a sleepover when they find out about a tropical storm destroying Jaya's cousin Mina's school in Bangdalesh
-Tenney met Mina the summer before Tenney
-Mina loves music and her school.
-Mina's school was supposed to have a concert before it got destroyed
-Tenney and Jaya have to raise $3000 to help the school. AG needs to learn about economics!
-Holliday has golden brown hair and blue eyes
-Holliday wants to help with the fundraiser for the school. Jaya lets her, and Holliday and Jaya become attached
-Tenney is mad at Holliday, so she writes a song to express her anger, "Where You Are", at Dad's music store
-Aubrey makes Waylon flower crowns
-Mockingbird Records is in a Victorian house
-Tenney performs Where You Are to Portia and Zane. Portia wants Where You Are to have edge, but Tenney wants it to be slow and sad.
-Zane books Tenney for the Artist's Welcome Brunch at the Nashville Music Festival
-Jaya calls Tenney and shares that she wants to have a book sale at the Spring Clean, the school's rummage sale, to raise money for the kids in Bangdalesh.
-Tenney is busy fixing Where You Are when Jaya calls, so Tenney lets Jaya talk only for a minute.
-At school the next day, Tenney tries to talk to Jaya, but Jaya doesn't respond.
-Holliday is helping Jaya more, and is taking over the book drive.
-Tenney tries to participate, but she is really busy with her music.
-At Mockingbird Records, Tenney performs a new version of Where You Are, but it comes out weird and wrong
-Zane, Tenney's manager, wants Logan and Tenney to perform together, but Tenney doesn't want to. She is forced into it!
-When Tenney and Logan have a jam session to fix Where You Are, Logan shows off too much
-Logan thinks Tenney's sound is sleepy
-Zane tells Tenney and Logan to work together and listen, but Tenney doesn't like her song being changed and Logan is playing the drums too fast
-Tenney and Logan are forced to exchange numbers at the end of the day
-Logan texts Tenney his favorite songs, and his taste is nowhere near Tenney's.
-Mom tells Tenney to be open to new ideas, and to give Logan time.
-At school the next day, Jaya agrees with Tenney's mom, which makes Tenney angry.
-Tenney has a cymbal clash text sound for Logan.
-Logan covers Tenney's song, which gives Tenney inspiration to make Where You Are a rock song.
-Holliday makes her dad donate $200 to the school in Bangdalesh
-The Artist Brunch is the same day as the Spring Clean, because plot.
-When Logan finds out that his ideas worked, he shows a softer side.
-Tenney and Logan become friends after Portia helps them make a great ending to Where You Are.
-Tenney is a fan of the book The Secret Garden.
-Jaya and Holliday don't care that Tenney can't make it to the majority of the book sale.
-The brunch ends at one, and the Spring Clean ends at two, so Tenney decides to be there for the last hour
-Tenney wears a floral dress to the brunch. Maybe this one?
-The brunch is at Belle Starr's house.
-At the brunch, Tenney runs into Belle Starr.
-Tenney uses two microphones when performing- one to sing into, and another for her guitar
-When performing, Logan is going too fast, so Tenney speeds up so that they could match.
-Belle Starr loves Tenney's performance.
-Tenney and Logan get into a fight over their music styles after they are done performing
-Belle Starr distracts Tenney, and she forgets about the Spring Clean.
-By the time Tenney arrives at school, the Spring Clean is over.
-Jaya isn't happy because the sale only made $742, not the money they needed. Plus, Charlie didn't show up, and Tara got the flu.
-Tenney and Jaya start fighting over Tenney's music career and what a good friend means.
-When Jaya sits next to Holliday at lunch, Tenney writes a song about Jaya, "Music in Me".
-Later that day, Tenney talks to Holliday. Holliday helps Tenney get her emotions out and they start planning a benefit concert for the school in Bangdalesh.
-Jaya goes to the art room before school and after school.
-Tenney and Jaya make up when Tenney shares her benefit concert idea.
-When planning the concert, Tenney decides to ask Belle Starr and Portia to perform.
-Silver Sun Records lets Holliday borrow folding chairs for the show.
-The concert takes place at Grant's Music And Collectibles.
-Tenney and Logan make up after Logan hears Music in Me, and Logan decides to perform with Tenney at the benefit.
-Portia ends up performing, but Belle is on tour in Australia and can't. However, Belle makes a post on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter about the benefit concert and too many people come, leading Tenney, Jaya, Mason, Logan and Dad to have to move everything outside.
-The hot chicken truck comes to the event and sells food, with all the profits going to the school in Bangdalesh.
-Tenney wears this outfit to the benefit concert:
-The performance ends up making $5000 for the school, more than enough.
-Jaya ends up loving her song.
-Not only does the money save Jaya's cousin's school, they also got to have the school concert in time. At the school concert, they sing Music In Me.
-When Tenney sees the video of the kids singing Music In Me, she tears up of happiness.
-Tenney and Logan get signed as a duo.
AMERICAN GIRL TRIVIA: Our Generation made a food truck before AG will. Corporate spies?
COMMENT DISCUSSION QUESTION: What is your favorite character in Tenney's series besides Tenney?
MY ANSWER: Jaya for sure.