And sure enough it does-Leo stubbornly defends the unlikeliest of people, thereby getting himself falsely accused of cheating on a test.īecause of the blemish on his record, the once star pupil finds his scholarship to Harvard taken away. Not only is Leo not a punk rock fan, but he believes the X factor (the Maggot blood that is running through his veins) is a dangerous time bomb just waiting to explode. When Leo discovers that his real father is a punk rock legend, he is disgusted. McMurphy, aka King Maggot, the lead singer of Purge, the most popular, most destructive band punk rock has ever seen. Leo Caraway-high school senior, president of the Young Republicans club, 4.0 GPA, future Harvard student-had his entire future perfectly planned out. Can two people still figuring themselves out figure out how to be together? Or will the world make the choice for them? Soon their connection crackles with the same alive, uncontainable energy as the city itself. He’s all too aware of how the ultra-privileged world of classical music might interpret a black guy like him falling for his benefactor’s white daughter.īut as the New York City summer heats up, so does the spark between Ruby and Oscar. But while he might be the type who’d name himself when asked about his favorite composer and somehow make you love him more for it, Oscar is not the type to jeopardize his chance to study under the great Martin Chertok - not for a crush. Just ask any of the 1.8 million people who’ve watched him conduct on YouTube–or hey, just ask Oscar. And who is that again? All she knows is that she wants away from the world of classical music for good. But after her horrendous audition for the prestigious music school where her father is on faculty, it’s clear that music has publicly dumped her. Ruby has always been Ruby Chertok: future classical pianist and daughter of renowned composer Martin Chertok. Suddenly, trumpet practice and old friendships are taking a back seat to packed dance floors and sun-soaked music festivals, outsized personalities and endless beats.īut when a devastating tragedy plunges her golden summer into darkness, Mira discovers just how little she knows about her new boyfriend, her old friends, and even her own sister. Instead, she falls in love with dance music, DJing… and Derek, a gorgeous promoter who thinks he can make her a star. She only goes to the warehouse party in a last-ditch effort to bond with her older sister. A music prodigy in a family of athletes, she’d rather play trumpet than play ball-and with her audition to a prestigious jazz conservatory just around the corner (and her two best friends at music camp without her), she plans to spend the summer focused on jazz and nothing else. Seventeen-year-old Mira has always danced to her own beat. *Boys will distract you from your studies. And anyway, what if Patti doesn’t want to go to HarvardYalePrinceton after all? Then, of course, there’s her love of the violin. He’s funny, he’s talented, and he looks exactly like the lead singer of Patti’s favorite band. So winning assistant concertmaster in her All-State violin competition and earning less than 2300 on her SATs is simply not good enough.īut Patti’s discovering that there’s more to life than the Ivy League. Everything she does affects her chances of getting into an Ivy League school. Patti’s parents expect nothing less than the best from their Korean-American daughter. Paula Yoo scores big in her hilarious debut novel about an overachiever who longs to fit in and strives to stand out. The others I’ve chosen based on Goodreads recs and reviews from my trusted circle of readers!ĭisclaimer: I use affiliate links for Amazon and will make a cent or I’ve marked all on the list which I’ve read and loved. So whether your flavor is country, rap, hip-hop, classical, rock, or pop, I’ve got you covered. I’ve included books featuring music from a variety of genres. These kids are either singers as a career, wannabe singers, or just have a lot of music in their soul. The feature teen protagonists for whom music is life’s center. These 41 YA books about music aim to accomplish the same things. It makes us feel stronger emotions - positive or negative - and can inspire us to want better for ourselves. Honestly, that makes sense because as a teen (and even now in my twenties) music matters so much. YA books about music are slowly becoming more and more popular.
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