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Tag Archives: music
5 Stories of Adventure & Change
Here’s a mix of books from the past couple of years, all sharing an element of change and adventure. Continue reading
Posted in Lists, Middle Grade, Reviews
Tagged African-American, Asian-American, California, Middle Grade, music, New York City, Oregon, youth fiction
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Life Between Cultures: Red, White and Whole and Amina’s Song
ere are two moving stories from Rajani LaRocca and Hena Khan, both authors I’ve enjoyed in the past, telling stories of middle school life for first-generation Americans, and which hit the spot for me so perfectly it was really hard to put them down. Continue reading
3 for Teens: American Road Trip, You’d Be Mine, and Finding Yvonne
Three realistic teen books, all with musical characters – American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott, You’d Be Mine by Erin Hahn, and Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Realistic, Romance, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged African-American, Latino/a, Latinx, music, PTSD, teen fiction, teen romance
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The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty
I discovered that I missed this book when it came out last fall, and finally got around to it this year. The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty. Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, 2018. 978-1338455843 Ten-year-old Bronte (who is … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged Australia, Jaclyn Moriarty, music, pirates, youth fantasy
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Blended by Sharon Draper
Blended by Sharon Draper. Simon and Schuster Kids, 2018. 978-1442495005 11-year-old Isabella’s parents divorced when she was 6. It’s always been hard, but since her dad moved back to Ohio and she’s splitting her time between two houses, it’s even … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Middle Grade, Print, Realistic, Reviews
Tagged #OwnVoices, #wndb, African-American, diversity, divorce, music, Ohio, youth fiction
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Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
I loved Rita Williams-Garcia’s Gaither Sister trilogy, so of course I wanted to try her latest book, too. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia. Narrated by Adam Lazarre-White. Amistad, 2017. Young Clayton loves hanging out with grandfather, Cool Papa, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reviews
Tagged #ReadDiverse2017, African-American, blues, historical fiction, music
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Dragonsinger
Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey. Read by Sally Darling. I love Anne McCaffrey’s Pern books, of which the Harper Hall trilogy was my favorite. Dragonsinger is my favorite of that trilogy. It doesn’t have the big sweeping drama of some of … Continue reading
Fantasy for Music-Lovers
I’ve been reading more about people reading or re-reading Anne McCaffrey’s Harper Hall series, which reminds me how much I love fantasy books that feature music or musicians. Here is my List. I’ve included a few that I found in … Continue reading
Seraphina
Seraphina by Rachel Hartmann Decades ago, the Queen of a human kingdom and the King of the dragons worked out a peace treaty, still not completely trusted by anyone. Since then, the dragons (who call themselves saars) have decided that … Continue reading
The Rough Guide to English Folk
Those 25-minute commutes to various places in different directions every day add up. I was thrilled when my son got old enough to enjoy audio books with me. Now my daughter is old enough to ask for music in the … Continue reading