Fiction for Music Lovers

Calwyn has never been beyond the high ice-wall that guards the sisters of Antaris from the world of Tremaris. She knows only the rounds of her life as a novice ice priestess, tending her bees, singing her ice chantments, and dreaming. But then Calwyn befriends Darrow, a mysterious Outlander who appears inside the Wall and warns of an approaching danger. To help Darrow, to see the world, and perhaps to save it, Calwyn will leave the safety of the Wall for a journey with a man she barely knows--and an adventure as beautiful and dangerous as the music of chantment itself.

When free-spirited Chloe Miller meets God in a big, personal way, she doesn't hold back anything. Refusing to change her image to fit into the "stereotypical Christian preppy mold, " Chloe expresses God's love and grace through her all-girl band, Redemption. In her development as a musician and a performer, Chloe learns though lessons about following God, her heart, and her dreams.

From the author of "Boy Proof" and "The Queen of Cool" comes an edgy new L.A. novel full of humor and heart. Katy figures she'll try and ignore the fact that she's spending two weeks with her father--a recovered addict and drummer for an infamous punk band. She doesn't want to be there, but Katy won't complain. After all, she is a nice girl--a girl who is, well, beige. Or is she?

Livy James's father was the lead singer of a popular band, so she had no choice but to grow up fast. Now at 17, Livy is finally close to having a normal life--until she lands an internship at a music magazine. Her first assignment? Follow her dad's now-sober, more mature band across the globe on their reunion tour.

The life of Illinois high schooler Trace revolves around her young, music-loving mother, an unknown father, a voluptuous best friend who may be going off the deep end, and the rich, gorgeous lead singer in a band.

2007 RITA Winner for Best Contemporary Single Title
Barbara Ferrer's debut novel about a young Cuban singing sensation in Miami.

In this touching companion novel to "Breathing Underwater," Caitlin is a talented singer striving to let go of her past and shape her future. Includes a bonus Extras section featuring a quiz.

This Michael L. Printz Honor Book and "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year is an engaging debut--the story of two unlikely friends who meet when a high-school dropout talks a boy out of suicide and who ultimately save each other.

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.

Texas Lone Star Reading List 2007-2008
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.

This fast-paced and addictively readable novel takes place over the course of one wild night between a couple of music-obsessed teens at various NYC punk clubs. When Nick approaches Norah and asks her to pretend to be his girlfriend for a minute just to make his ex jealous, you know the two are headed toward some sparks. Getting to the point where they realize it, is a really great ride.

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.

Seventeen-year-old Molly Montgomery never planned on becoming famous. Starting a band with her best mates was just a way to have some fun. But when the group is joined by a charismatic bad-boy, things start happening.

From the author of "The New Rules of High School" and "Girl" comes this riveting new novel that shows the realities of life in a rock band and the temptations that come with it.

Leshaya is a survivor. Rescued from the brink of death, this child of a heroin addict has seen it all. Nolan pulls no punches in this hard-hitting story of a girl at the bottom who dreams of nothing but the top. Reader's guide and an interview with the author included.

Tom Henderson (a.k.a. King Dork, Chi-mo, Hender-fag, and Sheepie) is a typical American high school loser until he discovers the book, The Catcher in the Rye, that will change the world as he knows it. When Tom discovers his deceased father's copy of the Salinger classic, he finds himself in the middle of several interlocking conspiracies and at least half a dozen mysteries involving dead people, naked people, fake people, ESP, blood, a secret code, guitars, monks, witchcraft, the Bible, girls, the Crusades, a devil head, and rock and roll. And it all looks like it's just the tip of a very odd iceberg of clues that may very well unravel the puzzle of his father's death and-oddly-reveal the secret to attracting semihot girls.
Being in a band could possibly be the secret to the girl thing-but good luck finding a drummer who can count to

Andy Ramos dreams of taking his unique fusion of Latin jazz, rock, and hip-hop straight to the top. When he crosses paths with a softball pitcher with Olympian dreams, the mysterious fusion of their athletic and musical skills changes everything.

Being the only girl in a rock band sounds great, but lately Kiki feels like the only guys she comes into contact with are loser groupies and her band mates who don't seem to even realize she's a girl. With her cool retro clothes and cute looks, there's no reason for Kiki not to have a boyfriend so she decides it's time to go Boy Shopping. But who will she pick? Lyman, a classical pianist and awesome DJ? Joshua, a cute Asian American jock? Jacob, cryptic and mysterious? Michael, who's smart, funny, and seriously sexy? And then there's Mark, the bassist in Kiki's band, who has suddenly started to see her in a whole new light...and it's all up to the reader to decide...

With her finger on the pulse of today's popular culture, a talented newcomer shows in her hip first novel that "normal" is purely a state of mind in this tale of school, love, and rock and roll.

The author of "Stonecutter" presents the story of a teen girl who joins a rock band, only to find she is in fact the last piece of a tetrad that gives each member of the group a supernatural power.

A 16-year-old harpist prodigy and three brothers--members of the sensationally popular teen boy band--are transported to a strange and mystical wilderness where they find themselves in the middle of a deadly tug-of-war struggle between a magical fox named Fossegrim and the monstrous troll Aenmarr of Austraegir.