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Fiction
Block, Francesca Lia. Cherokee
Bat and the Goat Guys.
With their parents
away, four young people form a rock band that becomes wildly popular,
carrying them into a "freer" life than they can cope
with. (YA Fic)
Delaney, Mark. Pepperland.
Struggling to come
to terms with the death of her mother in the late 1970s, sixteen-year-old
Beatles fan Star Cochran hopes to find closure by delivering to
John Lennon a letter her mother wrote to him in 1964 but never
sent. (YA Fic)
Dessen, Sarah. Just Listen.
Isolated from friends
who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them,
sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose
honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what
really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her
life. (YA Fic)
Keillor, Garrison. The Sandy
Bottom Orchestra.
Fourteen-year-old
Rachel comes to terms with her eccentric family while taking refuge
in her violin playing. (YA Fic)
Leroux, Gaston. The Phantom of
the Opera.
A viscount seeks to
unravel the mystery of the Paris Opera House and rescue the woman
he loves from the threat of the Phantom of the opera. (YA Fic)
McCaffrey, Anne. The Harper Hall
trilogy: Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragondrums.
Pursuing her dream
to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper
learning that more is required than a facility with music and
a clever way with words. (Juv Fic SF)
Pratchett, Terry. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.
A talking cat, intelligent
rats, and a strange boy cooperate in a Pied Piper scam until they
try to con the wrong town and are confronted by a deadly evil
rat king. (Juv Fic SF)
Van Meter, Jen. Hopeless Savages.
Rat Hopeless rebels
against his parents, a superstar couple from the punk era, but
when they are kidnapped, Rat realizes his parents aren't so bad
and sets out to rescue them. (YA 741.5)
Van Meter, Jen. Hopeless Savages:
Ground Zero.
Zero Hopeless-Savage,
the 16-year-old daughter of British punk rock stars Dirk Hopeless
& Nikki Savage, experiences first love, made more difficult
by the fact that she is grounded. (YA 741.5)
Nonfiction
Denenberg, Barry. All Shook Up!:
The Life and Death of Elvis Presley.
Elvis Presley hit
the scene in the 1950s, singing songs kids couldn't resist. This
biography illuminates the overwhelming life of an American icon,
from his extraordinary rise to his final fall. (j784.092)
Fricke, Jim. Yes Yes Y'all: The
Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip-hop's First Decade.
Personal observations
on the early days of hip-hop music and culture as it developed
from New York City in the 1970s, and photographs, vintage photos
and posters. (YA 782.4)
Horowitz, Joseph. Dvorak in America:
In Search of the New World.
An account of Antonin
Dvorak's 1890s stay in America, where he took the essences of
Indian drums, slave spirituals, and other musical forms and created
from them a distinctly new music. (j780.92)
Jackson, Randy. What's Up, Dawg?:
How to Become a Superstar in the Music Business.
"American Idol"
judge Randy Jackson reveals his secrets to making it big in the
music industry, offering musicians and singers advice on finding
their musical style, networking with the industry's power players,
and landing a record deal. (YA 780.23)
Marsalis, Wynton. Jazz A-B-Z:
An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits.
A collection of highly
personal and stylized characterizations of 26 legendary jazz performers,
from Louis Armstrong to Dizzy Gillespie. Includes brief biographical
sketches and notes on the poetic forms. (j781.65)
Nathan, Amy. The Young Musician's
Survival Guide: Tips from Teens & Pros.
Advice on the challenges
involved in learning to play a musical instrument, including tips
from teenage musicians and professional musicians about practicing,
performing, and buying equipment. (YA 784.143)
Partridge, Elizabeth. John Lennon:
All I Want is the Truth : A Photographic Biography.
The story of one of
rock's biggest legends, from his birth during a 1940 World War
II air raid on Liverpool, through his turbulent childhood and
teen years, to his celebrated life writing, recording and performing
with the Beatles and beyond. (YA 784.092)
Roberts, Jeremy. Bob Dylan: Voice
of a Generation.
The life of singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, describing his childhood in Minnesota, his period in
Greenwich Village's folk scene, his changing musical styles, and
his significance in music history. Includes a selected discography
and a list of further resources. (j784.092)
Shirley, David. The History of
Rock & Roll.
Rock and roll music,
from the 1950s to the present day and its changing styles and
leading personalities. (j781.66)
