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After Tupac and D Foster
by Jacqueline Woodson
Published 2008 by Putnam Publishing Group
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A lot can happen to three girls in a two-year period--especially when the rap music of Tupac Shakur is the glue holding them together. More...
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Born to Rock
by Gordon Korman
Published 2006 by Hyperion Books
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Leo Caraway, president of the Young Republicans Club and a future Harvard student, has his entire future planned. But Leo is soon thrown for a loop when he discovers that the lead singer of punk rock's most destructive band is his biological father. More...
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Fat Kid Rules the World
by K. L. Going
Published 2003 by Grosset & Dunlap
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In this outstanding, funny, and edgy debut, Going tells an engaging story of two unlikely friends who meet when a high-school dropout talks a boy out of suicide--and who ultimately save each other. More...
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Firmament
by Tim Bowler
Published 2004 by Margaret K. McElderry Books
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"While struggling to cope with the death of his father, a gifted musician, fourteen-year-old Luke must deal with a dangerous bully, a lonely old woman, a blind young girl, his mother's romantic involvement, and his own musical talent."
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Garage Band
by Gipi
Published 2007 by First Second
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When Giuliano's father loans him the family garage, he and three of his friends form a band. Playing their battered secondhand instruments, the four teenagers find something they love to do, and they find in their friendship and music a refuge from difficult and turbulent home lives.... More...
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Good Enough
by Paula Yoo
Published 2008 by Harperteen
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The author of the picture book "Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story" scores big in her hilarious debut novel about an overachieving Korean-American teenager who longs to fit in and strives to stand out. More...
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Harlem Hustle
by Janet McDonald
Published 2006 by Farrar Straus Giroux
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In her companion to "Brother Hood," McDonald once again captures the rhythms of Harlem in this fast, funny story of a restless teenager who uses the power of words to rise above it all. More...
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Heavy Metal and You
by Christopher Krovatin
Published 2005 by Push
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Boy listens to lots of loud music and hangs with his friends. Boy meets girl. Boy falls dippy-happy-scared-as-hell in love with girl. Friends meet girl -- and aren't impressed. Girl meets friends -- and isn't impressed. Boy meets big dilemma. Boy plays music even louder.... More...
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Just Listen
by Sarah Dessen
Published 2006 by Viking Books
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This multilayered tale tells the story of a year in the life of a family coming to terms with the imperfections beneath its perfect facade. More...
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Lemonade Mouth
by Mark Peter Hughes
Published 2007 by Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
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Told in the voice of each member of the legendary rock band Lemonade Mouth, this anthology is the definitive history of how five outcasts in Opoquonsett High School's freshman class found each other, found the music, and went on to change rock and roll and high school forever. More...
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Nailed
by Patrick Jones
Published 2006 by Walker & Company
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The nail that sticks out farthest gets hammered the hardest.
Flint Southwestern High School is run by a cult: the jockarchy. And Bret Hendricks could never fit into their conformity cult. Bret doesn't mind standing out from the crowd when he's on stage acting or singing in his band.... More...
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The Orpheus Obsession
by Dakota Lane
Published 2005 by Harperteen
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The acclaimed author of "Johnny Voodoo" tells a passionate, allegorical tale of a teen girl who turns her fixation on a rock singer into an empowering journey of self-discovery. More...
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Pay the Piper: A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale
by Jane Yolen
Published 2005 by Starscape Books
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When rock 'n' roll band Brass Rat comes to 14-year-old Callie McCallan's sleepy Massachusetts town, Callie scores an interview with the lead singer for the school paper. When Peter Gringras plays his flute, it's as if he has some kind of hypnotic power. Yolen and Stemple put a modern twist on a classic tale. More...
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Plastic Angel with CDROM
by Nerissa Nields
Published 2005 by Orchard
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That was then: Angela has been a child model all her life, the baby on the cake mix box, the cutie pie in the toy commercial. She was mom's pride and joy, the celebri-toast of her tiny town. Back then choices, priorities, and rules were made for her. No one thought to ask 'Gellie' what she wanted to do, nor had she asked herself. She was a sweet and obedient cipher, a plastic angel. More...
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Pop Princess
by Rachel Cohn
Published 2004 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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"THIS IS NOT A SCHOOL MUSICAL, THIS IS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SEEING YOU, RECOGNIZING YOU, CRITICIZING YOU. THIS IS IT. PUBLIC PERSON -- THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY. ARE YOU READY?"When fifteen-year-old Wonder Blake is plucked from her job at the Dairy Queen and given the chance to become a teen idol, it seems like a dream come true -- even if it wasn't her dream, but her older sister Lucky's.... More...
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The Principles of Love
by Emily Franklin
Published 2005 by New American Library
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Love Bukowski--her real name--begins her first year at prep school with few friends and even fewer opportunities to explore her namesake. Unless that hot senior takes notice of her. More...
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She's Got the Beat
by Nancy Krulik
Published 2005 by Simon Pulse
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Miranda was the quiet type until she moved to the big city of Austin, Texas, with its thriving music scene. Now Miranda is totally caught up in it, and decides to learn how to play the drums. There's another perk to her new hobby--a cute bass player. Original. More...
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Spin It Like That
by Chandra Sparks Taylor
Published 2007 by Harlequin
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"Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Richardson has a love for music. When she gets on the turntables, her gift for spinning and rhyming earn her admiration and respect. She's also talented academically, but her parents disapprove of their daughter's hobby, hoping it's a phase she's going through."
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Things Hoped For
by Andrew Clements
Published 2006 by Philomel Books
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The much-anticipated follow-up to "Things Not Seen" is a multi-layered story about art, friendship, love, and life. Gwen's grandfather disappears; her audition at Julliard is coming up, and she and a fellow musician make a discovery that unites them in ways neither could have foretold. More...
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When the Black Girl Sings
by Bil Wright
Published 2008 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Lahni Schuler is African-American, and both of her adoptive parents are white. When she finds out her parents are separating, Lahni finds solace singing in a church choir. The sense of belonging she finds in the choir gives Lahni the confidence to compete in her school's vocal competition. More...
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