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Rise Up and Sing!: Power, Protest, and Activism in Music
Andrea Warner - Greystone Kids
Format: Hardcover
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This inspiring introduction to activism and social justice for young teens shows the important role music plays in changing the world, featuring:. Musicians young teens will know and love: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Lil Nas X, and more! Iconic artists from past generations: readers... |
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An Impossible Thing to Say
Arya Shahi - Allida
Format: Hardcover
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The Poet X meets A Very Large Expanse of Sea in a bold novel-in-verse starring a Persian American teen navigating his first crush, his family's post-9/11 dynamics, andthe role of language in defining who we are."A dazzling story with a whole lot of heart. Read it." - Michael... |
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Rana Joon and the One and Only Now
Shideh Etaat - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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This lyrical coming-of-age novel for fans of Darius the Great Is Not Okay and On the Come Up, set in southern California in 1996, follows a teen who wants to honor her deceased friend's legacy by entering a rap contest.. Perfect Iranian girls are straight A students, always polite,... |
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Can't Stop Won't Stop
Jeff Chang - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning author Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop is the story of hip-hop, a generation-defining movement and the music that transformed American politics and culture forever. Hip hop is one of the most dominant and influential cultures in America, giving new voice to the younger... |
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You, Me, and Our Heartstrings
Melissa See - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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What if you were finding yourself and falling in love . . . and the whole world was watching?Daisy and Noah have the same plan: use the holiday concert to land a Julliard audition. But when they're chosen to play a duet for the concert, they worry that their differences will sink their... |
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Azar on Fire
Olivia Abtahi - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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Finding her voice takes on a whole new meaning when fourteen-year-old Azar Rossi sets out to win her local Battle of the Bands contest in this heartfelt and hilarious contemporary YA.Fourteen-year-old Azar Rossi's first year of high school has mostly been silent, and intentionally so. After... |
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On The Come Up
ANGIE THOMAS - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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This is the highly anticipated second novel by Angie Thomas, the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning The Hate U Give.Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend... |
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Battle of the Bands
Lauren Gibaldi - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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A daughter of rock 'n' roll royalty has a secret crush. A lonely ticket taker worries about his sister. An almost-famous songwriter nurses old wounds. A stage manager tires of being behind the scenes. A singer-songwriter struggles to untangle her feelings for her best friend and his girlfriend.... |
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Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band
Christian Staebler - IDW Publishing
Format: Paperback
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You've heard the hit song "Come and Get Your Love" in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, but the story of the band behind it is one of cultural, political, and social importance.Brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas were talented Native American rock musicians that took the 1960s Sunset... |
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Days on Fes, Vol. 1
Kanato Oka - Yen Press
Format: Paperback
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Kanade Sora has never been to a music festival before. But when her friend Otoha lures her along with the promise that her favorite band will be playing, she finds herself having more fun than she ever imagined. And if one small show is enough to hook her, what might a huge overnight event... |
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Where the Rhythm Takes You
Sarah Dass - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover
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Inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion, Where the Rhythm Takes You is a romantic, mesmerizing novel of first love and second chances. Seventeen-year-old Reyna has spent most of her life at the Plumeria, her family's gorgeous seaside resort in Tobago. But what once seemed like paradise... |
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Super Fake Love Song
David Yoon - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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When Sunny Dae--self-proclaimed total nerd--meets Cirrus Soh, he can't believe how cool and confident she is. So when Cirrus mistakes Sunny's older brother Gray's bedroom--with its electric guitars and rock posters--for Sunny's own, he sort of, kind of, accidentally winds... |
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Idol Gossip
Alexandra Leigh Young - Walker Books US
Format: Hardcover
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Every Friday after school, seventeen-year-old Alice Choy and her little sister, Olivia, head to Myeongdong to sing karaoke. Back in San Francisco, when she still had friends and earthly possessions, Alice took regular singing lessons. But since their diplomat mom moved them to Seoul, her only... |
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It Goes Like This
Miel Moreland - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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Eva, Celeste, Gina, and Steph used to think their friendship was unbreakable. After all, they've been though a lot together, including the astronomical rise of Moonlight Overthrow, the world-famous queer pop band they formed in middle school, never expecting to headline anything bigger... |
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Who Put This Song On?
Morgan Parker - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Unflinchingly irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartbreakingly honest." - Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author of The Poet XIn the vein of powerful reads like The Hate U Give and Girl in Pieces,... |
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Spin
Lamar Giles - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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When rising star Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec) is found dead on her turntables, it sends the local music scene reeling. No one is feeling that grief more than her shunned pre-fame best friend, Kya, and ParSec's chief groupie, Fuse -- two sworn enemies who happened to be the ones who discovered... |
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Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound
Andrea Davis Pinkney - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning author Andrea Davis Pinkney comes the story of the music that defined a generation and a movement that changed the world.Berry Gordy began Motown in 1959 with an $800 loan from his family. He converted the garage of a residential house into a studio and recruited teenagers... |
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Suncatcher
Jose Pimienta - Random House Graphic
Format: Paperback
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Beatriz must create the perfect song in order to free her grandfather's soul . . . but what will be the cost? A fantastical YA graphic novel about creative passion and obsession, great for fans of The Prince and the Dressmaker and Level Up. If life wasn't already hard enough for Beatriz... |
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Influential Hip-Hop Artists: Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj and Others
The New York Times Editorial Staff - New York Times Educational Publishing
Format: Library Binding
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When Kendrick Lamar won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for his album "DAMN," critics announced that the award represented a belated acknowledgement of the cultural importance of hip-hop as a genre. The articles in this volume, ranging from music reviews to profiles, show the lives and careers... |
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Muted
Tami Charles - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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For seventeen-year-old Denver, music is everything. Writing, performing, and her ultimate goal: escaping her very small, very white hometown.So Denver is more than ready on the day she and her best friends Dali and Shak sing their way into the orbit of the biggest R&B star in the world,... |
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Operatic
Kyo Maclear - Groundwood Books
Format: Hardcover
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Somewhere in the universe, there is the perfect tune for you. It's almost the end of middle school, and Charlie has to find her perfect song for a music class assignment. The class learns about a different style of music each day, from hip-hop to metal to disco, but it's hard for Charlie... |
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Solo
Kwame Alexander - Blink
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestseller!Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he'd give anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure,... |
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Give me wings : how a choir of former slaves took on the world
Kathy Lowinger - Annick Press
Format: Book
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The story of the "Jubilee Singers, [who] traveled from Cincinnati to New York, following the path of the Underground Railroad. With every performance they endangered their lives and those of the people helping them, but they also broke down barriers between blacks and whites, lifted... |
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The Backups: A Summer of Stardom
Alex de Campi - Imprint
Format: Paperback
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Spending an entire summer on tour as a backup singer for pop star Nika Nitro? What?! That's the DREAM, right? Especially for Jenni, Lauren, and Maggie, three misfit performing arts students with hopes of making it in the music world. But being twenty feet from fame isn't easy. Between... |
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Heavy Vinyl: Riot on the Radio
Carly Usdin - BOOM! Box
Format: Paperback
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When Chris joins the staff at her local record store, shes surprised to find out that her co-workers share a secret: theyre all members of a secret fight club that take on the patriarchy and fight crime!Starry-eyed Chris has just started the dream job every outcast kid in town wants: working... |
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You Will Be Found
Benj Pasek - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A new book from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the award-winning songwriters of the hit Broadway show Dear Evan Hansen.When Benj Pasek and Justin Paul set out to write a pivotal song for Dear Evan Hansen, a musical they had been working on for years, they knew it had to be big and emotional... |
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The Impact of Technology in Music
Matt Anniss - Heinemann Raintree
Format: Print book
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How have technology and science helped musicians throughout the years? How does todays technology help us to create new music or music in different ways? Will computers ever be able to make music completely by themselves? From the invention of the electric guitar through to todays high-tech... |
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Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad
M.T. Anderson - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book
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National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson delivers a brilliant and riveting account of the Siege of Leningrad and the role played by Russian composer Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony.In September 1941, Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest... |
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The Kingdom of Back
Marie Lu - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu comes a historical YA fantasy about a musical prodigy and the dangerous lengths she'll go to make history remember her--perfect for fans of Susanna Clarke and The Hazel Wood.Two siblings. Two brilliant talents. But only one Mozart.... |
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Shonen Note: Boy Soprano 1
YUHKI KAMATANI - Kodansha Comics
Format: Paperback
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A poignant coming-of-age series that's moving and musical from the creator of Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare! Yutaka is a boy treasured by his choir for his beautiful, soprano voice. But what will he do when the inevitable arrives, and his voice starts to deepen? Perfect for fans... |
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