[CASL-L] Summer Reading Lists for Libraries Rock!

[Finnegan, Kristen]

How about a these:


When The Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop by Laban Carrick Hill
Shake, Rattle & Roll: The Founders of Rock & Roll by Holly George-Warren

Kristen




Kristen Finnegan
Library Media Specialist
Booth Hill Elementary School
Trumbull, CT

Member, 2018 Nutmeg Award Teen Committee
Member, 2019 Nutmeg Award Intermediate Committee
Co-Chair, 2020 Nutmeg Award Intermediate Committee
Judge, Connecticut's National History Day 2018



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I am almost finished with this year’s summer reading lists, and the Department of Ed is early this year! They would like to get them up on the Gov’s challenge site ASAP.



So I include the titles here for your perusal. Do let me know if there’s anything you think is missing (theme is MUSIC), or if there’s anything that is out of place.



Text is under my signature – Word .doc is attached.



Love to hear what you think!

Linda



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K-2

PICTURE BOOKS

Tap Tap Boom Boom by Elizabeth Bluemle illustrated by G. Brian Karas

The clouds are gathering above a city street and soon — tap, tap, boom, boom! As a thunderstorm rolls in, people of all stripes race down to the subway to get away from the crackling rain and wind. With quirky wordplay and infectious rhymes, Elizabeth Bluemle crystallizes an unexpected moment of community, while G. Brian Karas’s warm illustrations show the smiles to be had when a storm brings strangers together as friends.| ALA, NCTE | Lexile:

The Rooster Who Would Not be Quiet! by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin

The mayor of the noisy city of La Paz institutes new laws forbidding all singing, but a brave little rooster decides he must sing, despite the progressively severe punishments he receives for continuing to crow. The silenced populace, invigorated by the rooster's bravery, ousts the tyrannical mayor and returns their city to its free and clamorous state. | NCTE, Nutmeg 2019 Lexile: 550 |

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Rafael López

Follows a girl in the 1920s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there has never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters. | ALA, ILA, NCSS | Lexile: NP

Gabriella's Song by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Giselle Potter

A young girl finds music all around her as she walks about the city of Venice, Italy, and she shares her song with everyone she meets. | NCTE | Lexile: 630

(2015)

The Sound of Silence by Katrina Goldsaito

Yoshio delights in the everyday sounds of Tokyo, but when a musician tells him that her favorite sound is ma, the Japanese word for silence, Yoshio sets out to hear this sound for himself among the hustle and bustle of the city. Includes information on the Japanese concept of ma. | ALA, NCTE | Lexile: 700

Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora

Ben wants to be a trumpeter, but plays only an imaginary instrument until one of the musicians in a neighborhood night club discovers his ambition. | ALA | Lexile: 530

The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka-Dot Pants by Eric Litwin, illustrated by Scott Magoon

Hazel Nut wants to sing and dance, but Mama, Papa, and Wally Nut are too busy, so Hazel calls in a special family member to get everyone moving. | ILA | Lexile: 300

Moses Goes to a Concert by Isaac Millman

Moses and his schoolmates, all deaf, attend a concert where the orchestra's percussionist is also deaf. Includes illustrations in sign language and a page showing the manual alphabet. | NCSS | Lexile: 670

Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed by Leslea Newman, illustrated by Amy June Bates (2015)

Enjoying life in a noisy city where everything he hears is music, composer Moshe Cotel adopts a stray tuxedo kitten who walks across his piano keys, inspiring a celebrated one-minute composition. (Atlas) | Lexile: 730

If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don’t! by Elise Parsley

Magnolia is a little girl with a big idea, determination, and one very heavy upright piano that she insists on taking with her to the beach, but in a series of mishaps, Magnolia quickly learns that a piano does not mix well with sand, sun, and seagulls. | ILA | Lexile: 510

I Got the Rhythm by Connie Schofield-Morrison, illustrated by Frank Morrison (2014)

On a trip to the park with her mother, a young girl hears a rhythm coming from the world around her and begins to move to the beat, finally beginning an impromptu dance in which other childen join her. | x | Lexile: 170

The Man with the Violin by Kathy Stinson , illustrated by Dusan Petricic

When Dylan hears someone playing their violin in the subway he wants to stop and listen, but his mother and other commuters ignore the violinist completely. | ILA | Lexile: 620



SONGS

America the Beautiful by Katharine Bates, illustrated by Wendell Minor

An illustrated edition of the nineteenth-century poem, later set to music, celebrating the beauty of America. | NCSS | Lexile: 500

The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk by Kabir & Surishtha Sehgal, illustrated by Jess Golden

In this twist on the classic song "The Wheels on the Bus," the wheels on the tuk tuk go round and round all over the city in India. | NCSS | Lexile: 370



NONFICTION

Music Everywhere! by Maya Ajmera (2014)

Photographs from around the world celebrate the universal joy that kids get from making music, whether they’re playing instruments, clapping their hands, stomping their feet, or singing. Music can help express one child’s feelings—or it can bring a whole community together. | Lexile: 330

Frog Song by Brenda Z. Guiberson, illustrated by Gennady Spirin

Discusses the songs of many different frogs from all parts of the globe. | NCSS, NSTA | Lexile: 950

Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood, illustrated by Sally Wern Comport

A town built on a landfill. A community in need of hope. A girl with a dream. A man with a vision. An ingenious idea. | Nutmeg 2019, E.B.White Read Aloud Award | Lexile: 820



BIOGRAPHY

Tito Puente: Mambo King = Rey del Mambo by Monica Brown, illustrated by Rafael López

A celebration of the life and music of the man known as the "King of the Mambo" and the "Godfather of Salsa" covers his boyhood in New York and his years as a musician and bandleader, and highlights the pleasure he gave listeners. | ALA, ILA | Lexile: 620

Swing Sisters: The Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm by Karen Deans, illustrated by Joe Cepeda

The story of a group of African American orphans who played in their school's all-girl swing band and after leaving school made "it to the big-time in an era when integrated musical groups were practically unheard of. It wasn't always easy, and it wasn't always safe, but the talented Sweethearts of Rhythm ultimately became an international sensation" (Amazon.com) International Sweethearts of Rhythm. women jazz musicians. | ALA, NCSS | Lexile: 840

Charlie Parker Played Be Bop by Chris Raschka

Introduces the famous saxophonist and his style of jazz known as bebop. | ALA, ILA |  Lexile: 250

Little Melba and her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown, illustrated by Frank Morrison (2014)

A biography of African American musician Melba Doretta Liston, a virtuoso musician who played the trombone and composed and arranged music for many of the great jazz musicians of the twentieth century. | ALA, ILA | Lexile: 780

Listen: How Pete Seeger Got America Singing by Leda Schubert, illustrated by Raul Colon

In this... tribute to legendary musician and activist Pete Seeger, author Leda Schubert highlights major musical events in Mr. Seeger's life as well important moments of his fight against social injustice.

Esquivel!: Space-Age Sound Artist by Susan Wood, illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh

Juan Garcia Esquivel was born in Mexico and grew up to the sounds of mariachi bands. He loved music and became a musical explorer. Defying convention, he created music that made people laugh and planted images in their minds. Juan's space-age lounge music popular in the fifties and sixties has found a new generation of listeners. |  ALA | Lexile: 910



Grades 3-4

PICTURE BOOKS

Chirchir is Singing by Kelly Cunnane

(2011) Chirchir wants to help her family with their daily chores, but each of their tasks proves too challenging for her. | Lexile: 760 | ALA

A Band of Angels: A Story Inspired by the Jubilee Singers by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Raul Colon

The daughter of a slave forms a gospel singing group and goes on tour to raise money to save Fisk University. | ALA, NCTE | Lexile: 740

A Symphony of Whales by Steve Schuch, illustrated by Peter Sylvada

Young Glashka's dream of the singing of whales, accompanied by a special kind of music, leads to the rescue of thousands of whales stranded in a freezing Siberian bay. | NCSS, NSTA | Lexile: 600

Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Chieri Uegaki, illustrated by Qin Leng (2014)

With the help of her memories of the time she spent in Japan with her ojiichan, which is a professional violinist, a young girl named Hana practices and practices playing her violin for her school talent show. | Lexile: 930 | ILA



FICTION

John Lincoln Clem: a Civil War Drummer Boy by E. F. Abbott

A fictional retelling of the legend of John Clem, who ran away from his Ohio home to become a drummer boy during the Civil War, and became famous when he was captured in 1863 and was exchanged after a short stay in Andersonville prison. | NCSS | Lexile: 680

Little Rat Makes Music by Monika Bang Campbell

Little Rat loves the violin but hates to practice, until her teacher suggests she perform a duet with one of the advanced students at the holiday concert. | ALA | Lexile: 520

Harper and the circus of dreams by Cerrie Burnell

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The Song from Somewhere Else by A. F. Harrold, illustrated by Levi Pinfold

Saved from bullies by the class misfit, Nick, Frank is drawn to Nick's house by strange music, discovers he has incredible secrets that bring danger, and decides to help him as he helped her.

Fly Away by Patricia MacLachlan

While in North Dakota helping her Aunt Frankie prepare for a possible flood, Lucy finds her voice as a poet with the help of her two-year-old brother Teddy, the rest of their family, and a few cows. | ILA | Lexile: 490

Battle of the Bands by by Melody Reed, illustrated by Emilie Pepin

Keyboardist Jasmine, age eight, tries to convince her bandmates, Maggie, Becca, and Scarlet, to prove themselves in a Battle of the Bands competition, despite their poor equipment. | Lexile: 500

Sydney & Simon: Go Green! by Paul A Reynolds, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds (2015)

After discovering that a green sea turtle was harmed by plastic in the ocean, twin mice Sydney and Simon come up with a creative campaign to increase recycling and reduce the amount of trash created in their home, school, and town. | Lexile:  | X

The Way to Stay in Destiny by Augusta Scattergood

Sixth-grader Theo leaves everything behind to live with his Uncle Chester, a Vietnam War veteran and loner, in Destiny, Florida, but he is drawn to play the piano in Miss Sister's dance school and soon makes friends with the feisty Anabel, a baseball fanatic who invites Theo to help solve a mystery. | Lexile: 650

A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban

Ten-year-old Zoe Elias, who longs to play the piano but must resign herself to learning the organ, instead, finds that her musicianship has a positive impact on her workaholic mother, her jittery father, and her school social life. (CIP) Organ (Musical instrument). Music. Instruction and study. Famiy life. Interpersonal relations. Schools. Humorous stories } Lexile: 730



POETRY

Under the Mambo Moon by Julia Durango

Contains poems about the different people who stop by Marisol's father's music store on a hot summer night, looking for just the right songs to make their hearts fly home. | NCSS | Lexile: 840

Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat by Nikki Giovanni

More than 50 poems and an accompanying CD introduce poetry with a beat. | NCTE |



NONFICTION

Soldier Song: A True Story of the Civil War by Debbie Levy, illustrated by Gilbert Ford

Provides an account of the important role of songs in rallying Union and Confederate troops during the American Civil War. (BT)

Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing, & Shout; Dance, Spin, & Turn it Out!: Games, Songs, & Stories from an African American Childhood by Pat McKissack, illustrated by J. Brian Pinkney

(2017) A Newbery Honor-winning author and a two-time Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator present a collection of classic, culturally inspired hand clap games, circle games, songs and poems, including "Eenie, Meenie Sassafreeny," "Little Sally Walker" and "Amazing Grace." (Atlas)

The Beatles Were Fab (And They Were Funny) by Kathleen Krull & Paul Brewer, illustrated by Stacy Innerst (2013)

Chronicles the legendary band's rise to prominence and highlights the humor of each member. (BT)  | Lexile: 860 | NCTE



BIOGRAPHY

Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category. | ALA, NCSS, NCTE | Lexile: 800.

Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of  the Young Jimi Hendrix by Gary Golio, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

An illustrated biography of rock musician Jimi Hendrix, focusing on his childhood, and describing how he developed his unique vison and artistic talents. | ALA, NCTE | Lexile: 900

The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano by Elizabeth Rusch, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman

Presents the life of the inventor of the piano, explaining why, how, and when he created the musical instrument.

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson the Voice of a Century by Pam Munoz Ryan, illustrated by Brian Selznick

(2002) An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change. | Lexile: 920 | X

The Music in George’s Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue by Suzanne Slade, illustrated by Stacy Innerst

With rhythmic swirls of words and pictures, Suzanne Slade and Stacy Innerst beautifully reveal just how brilliantly Gershwin reached inside his head to create his masterpiece, Rhapsody in Blue. It's a surprising and whirlwind composition of notes and sounds and one long wail of a clarinet-dazzling and daring, just like George Gershwin himself!

Danza!: Amalia Hernandez and el Ballet Folklorico de Mexico by Duncan Tonatiuh

Celebrates the life of the dancer and founder of El Ballet Folklâorico de Mâexico as well as the cultural history of dance in Mexico. (BT) 3 stars

Hello, I'm Johnny Cash by G. Neri

A portrait of the legendary country music star is told through lyrical free verse that conveys information about his impoverished childhood and the extraordinary talent that enabled his career and rise to success on the world stage. | ALA, NCSS | Lexile: 1020



Grades 5-6

FICTION

Garvey’s Choice by Nikki Grimes

(2016)  Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading--anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey's life changes. The chorus finds a new soloist in Garvey, and through chorus, Garvey finds a way to accept himself, and a way to finally reach his distant father--by speaking the language of music instead of the language of sports

The Song From Somewhere Else by NA.F. Harrold

Saved from bullies by the class misfit, Nick, Frank is drawn to Nick's house by strange music, discovers he has incredible secrets that bring danger, and decides to help him as he helped her.

Dear Hank Williams by Kimberly Willis Holt

In Rippling Creek, Louisiana, in 1948, eleven-year-old Tate writes letters to her favorite country singer, sharing her dreams of becoming a singer and revealing that her mother is in prison. | Lexile: 820 | VOYA Perfect Tens.

Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly

Bullied at school, eighth-grader Apple, a Filipino American who loves the music of the Beatles, decides to change her life by learning how to play the guitar. | Lexile: 660 | ALA, ILA

Hiding Out at the Pancake Palace by Nan Marino

When musical prodigy, Elvis Ruby, completely freezes up on television, he is forced to hide out in the Pinelands of New Jersey and try to find his way back to the music once again with the help of a new friend. | :exo;e” 580

The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez

Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos. | Lexile: 670

Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures by Mitali Perkins

Shares stories about growing up in diverse homes or communities, from an Asian youth who gains temporary popularity by making up a false background, to a biracial girl whose father clears subway seats by calmly sitting between two prejudiced women.  | Lexile: 810 | NCSS

Countdown by Deborah Wiles

As eleven-year-old Franny Chapman deals with drama at home and with her best friend in 1962, she tries to understand the larger problems in the world after President Kennedy announces that Russia is sending nuclear missiles to Cuba. Features historic quotations and photographs. | Lexile: 800 } ALA, NCTE

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia

Feeling most alive when he's playing the blues with his grandfather, Clayton is devastated when his grandfather dies and his mother forbids him from playing music, losses that compel him to run away and join bluesmen on the road.



GRAPHIC NOVEL

Zebrafish by Sharon Emerson ; drawn by Renée Kurilla

When their rock band becomes popular, five middle schoolers use their new fame to generate awareness (and donations) for an important cause.  |  Lexile: 470 } ILA



POETRY

Sweethearts of Rhythm: the story of the greatest all-girl swing band in the world by Marilyn Nelson

A look at a 1940's all-female jazz band, that originated from a boarding school in Mississippi and found its way to the most famous ballrooms in the country, offering solace during the hard years of the war. | Lexile: | NCTE

Roots and Blues: A Celebration by Arnold Adoff

Lyrical text explores how Blues have been part of everyday life throughout history, from its origins in the sounds of the earth, through slaves' voices singing of freedom, to today's greatest performers--and listeners.| Lexile: | NCSS



NONFICTION

Like a Bird: The Art of the American Slave Song by Cynthia Grady, illustrated by Michele Wood

Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a rallying cry for the spirit. | Lexile:

My Country, ‘Tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights by Claire Rudolph Murphy

A chronicle of civil rights movements through the song's changing lyrics reveals how its words have been transformed by generations of protestors and civil rights pioneers throughout landmark historical movements. | NCSS | Lexile: 1000

Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph by Roxane Orgill, illustrated by Francis Vallejo

(2016 )An uplifting collection of poems captures the world of mid-20th-century Harlem while recounting the efforts of Esquire magazine graphic designer Art Kane, who despite limited resources attempted to photograph a group of famous jazz artists in front of a brownstone. By the author of Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat. (Atlas) | ALA, NCTE—

Prairie Dog Song: The Key to Saving North America’s Grasslands by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore (2016)

Cumulative text based on an old folksong alternating with additional scientific information explores the role of prairie dogs, a keystone species in North America's grasslands, and conservation efforts to restore the balance of plants and animals of the Janos, Mexico, prairie dog complex. | Lexile: 1020



BIOGRAPHY

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Grades 7-8

FICTION

Fore Freedom: The Story of a French Spy by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Despite the horrors of World War II, a French teenager pursues her dream of becoming an opera singer, which takes her to places where she gains information about what the Nazis are doing--information that the French Resistance needs. | Nutmeg Teen 2007 | Lexile: 580

Things Hoped For by Andrew Clements

Seventeen-year-old Gwen, who has been living with her grandfather in Manhattan while she attends music school, joins up with another music student to solve the mystery of her grandfather's sudden disappearance.| Lexile: 770 | ?

The Musician’s Daughter by Susanne Dunlap

Amid the glamour of Prince Nicholas Esterhazy's court in 18th-century Vienna, murder is afoot. Or so fifteen-year-old Theresa Maria is convinced when her musician father turns up dead on Christmas Eve, his valuable violin missing, and the only clue to his death a strange gold pendant around his neck. Then her father's mentor, the acclaimed composer Franz Joseph Haydn, helps her through a difficult time by making her his copyist and giving her insight into her father's secret life. It's there that Theresa begins to uncover a trail of blackmail and extortion, even as she discovers honor, and the possibility of a first, tentative love. Thrumming with the weeping strains of violins, as well as danger and deception, this is an engrossing tale of murder, romance, and music that readers will find hard to forget.| Lexile:

If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth

Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and Whites--and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship. | ALA, ILA | Lexile: 870

Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John

Eighteen-year-old Piper becomes the manager for her classmates' popular rock band, called Dumb, giving her the chance to prove her capabilities to her parents and others, if only she can get the band members to get along. | ALA, ILA | Lexile: 890

Wonderful Feels Like This by Sara Lovestam

Feeling like an outsider at her school, Steffi finds escape through jazz music, and when she hears her favorite song playing through an open window at a retirement community she meets an old man named Alvar whose story has parallels with her own.  | Lexile:

Mindblind by Jennifer Roy

Fourteen-year-old Nathaniel Clark, who has Asperger's Syndrome, tries to prove that he is a genius by writing songs for his rock band so that he can become a member of the prestigious Aldus Institute, the premier organization for the profoundly gifted. | Nutmeg | Lexile: 580

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

(2015) Lost in the Black Forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and finds himself entwined in a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica--and decades later three children, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California find themselves caught up in the same thread of destiny in the darkest days of the twentieth century, struggling to keep their families intact, and tied together by the music of the same harmonica. | ALA, ILA, NCTE | Lexile: 680

This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales

(2013) Nearly a year after a failed suicide attempt, sixteen-year-old Elise discovers that she has the passion, and the talent, to be a disc jockey. | Lexile: 720 | ALA, Nutmeg

Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick

When his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia, thirteen-year-old Steven tries to deal with his complicated emotions, his school life, and his desire to support his family. | ALA, Nutmeg | Lexile: 940

When the Black Girl Sings by Bil Wright

Adopted by white parents and sent to an exclusive Connecticut girls' school where she is the only black student, Lahni Schuler feels like an outcast, until she attends a local church where she hears gospel music for the first time. (BT) | x | Lexile: 730

Playing for the Commandant by Suzy Zall

A young Jewish pianist at Auschwitz, desperate to save her family, is chosen to play at the camp commandant's house. How could she know she would fall in love with the wrong boy? | NCSS | Lexile: 700



GRAPHIC NOVEL

Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo #1: The Road to Epoli by Ben Costa (2017)

A walking, talking, singing skeleton minstrel who has mysteriously retained his soul within the confines of the dungeon where he has been imprisoned departs with his sidekick, a gelatinous monster, to investigate clues about his identity in snippets of a song he hears in his dreams.  (Atlas) | Lexile:



NONFICTION

The Mysteries of Beethoven’s Hair by Russell Martin & Lydia Nibley (2009)

Introduces the life of the Austrian composer, along with the story of a lock of his hair cut by a barber after his death, which was kept by various owners and the analysis of which revealed the high level of lead present in the composer's body. (BT)  | NSTA |  Lexile: 1400

Rhythm Ride: A Road Trip Through the Motown Sound by Andrea Davis Pinkney

(2015) A narrative history of the Motown music label covering the historical context, personalities, and ongoing legacy of the "sound of young America.  | Lexile: 1030 | X

Raggin’ Jazzin’ Rockin’: A History of American Musical Instrument Makers by Susan VanHecke (2011)

Presents a history of the invention of musical instruments, including the inventors who created Zildjian cymbals, the Steinway piano, the Martin guitar, the Hammond organ, and the Moog synthesizer. (BT) | ALA | Lexile: 1090

Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music That Changed the world by Robbie Robertson, Jim Guerinot, Sebastian Robertson & Jared Levine

A tribute to more than two dozen legendary music artists who significantly influenced the landscape of music for generations to come, from Ray Charles and Bob Dylan to Chuck Berry and Johnny Cash.  | ILA| Lexile:



BIOGRAPHY

The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Andkerson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman

An account of the life of a talented and determined artist who left her mark on musical and social history is drawn from Anderson's own writings and other contemporary accounts. (BT) | ALA, NCSS | Lexile: 1180

Jazz A-B-Z: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits by Wynton Marsalis, illustrated by Paul Rogers (2005)

Profiles twenty-six of the jazz greats of all time, from Count Basie to Louis Armstrong, through a review of their work, their life stories, and their greatest hits by one of today's top jazz performers. (BT) | ILA | Lexile:

Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein by Susan Goldman Rubin (2011)

Biography of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. | ALA | Lexile: 970

Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger by Anita Silvey

Pete Seeger was an internationally honored folk musician and political radical who devoted his life to furthering humanitarian causes and getting people to sing. This biography traces his musical career, including the period when he was blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and the growth of his conviction that freedom and justice had to be defended and that the power of song could be used to fight back when these ideals were threatened. | x | Lexile: 1050



Grades 9-12

FICTION

Solo by Kwame Alexander

Seventeen-year-old Blade endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past to navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity. | x | Lexile: 640

A Song for Ella Grey by David Almond

A modern adaptation of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth lyrically depicts the experiences of Claire, who struggles as a bystander when her best friend, Ella, becomes involved with a charismatic young man at the beach. (BT) | ALA | Lexile: 540

Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway

While trying to score a date with her cute co-worker at the Scooper Dooper, sixteen-year-old Audrey gains unwanted fame and celebrity status when her ex-boyfriend, a rock musician, records a breakup song about her that soars to the top of the Billboard charts. | ALA | 760

Naked /76 by Kevin Brooks

In the summer of 1976, when punk rock is taking over England, Lili finds herself playing bass for a wild new band called Naked, and struggling to sort out complicated relationships with self-destructive band mates. |  | Lexile: 960

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn

High school student Nick O'Leary, member of a rock band, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg and asks her to be his girlfriend for five minutes in order to avoid his ex-sweetheart. | ALA | Lexile: 940

Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kristin Cronn-Mills

Gabe has always identified as a boy, but he was born with a girl's body. With his new public access radio show gaining in popularity, Gabe struggles with romance, friendships, and parents--all while trying to come out as transgendered. An audition for a station in Minneapolis looks like his ticket to a better life in the big city. But his entire future is threatened when several violent guys find out Gabe, the popular DJ, is also Elizabeth from school. | ALA | Lexile: 600

All Our Pretty Songs by Sarah McCarry

In the Pacific Northwest, the bond between two best friends is challenged when a mysterious and gifted musician comes between them and awakens an ancient evil.  | ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound | Lexile: 820

The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

In the months after her sister dies, seventeen-year-old Lennie falls into a love triangle and discovers the strength to follow her dream of becoming a musician. | x | Lexile: 860

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

(2013) Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. | ALA, ILA | Lexile: 580

The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos

Written as a college admission essay, eighteen-year-old Harry Jones recounts a childhood defined by the hideous scars he hid behind, and how forming a band brought self-confidence, friendship, and his first kiss. | ALA | Lexile: 910

The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr

Sixteen-year-old San Franciscan Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. Her chance at a career has passed, and she decides to help her ten-year-old piano prodigy brother, Gus, map out his own future, even as she explores why she enjoyed piano in the first place.  | ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound | Lexile: 610



NONFICTION

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M. T. Anderson

An account of the Siege of Leningrad reveals the rold played by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony in rallying and commenorating their fellow citizens. |  ALA, NCSS | Lexile: 990

Sensing the Rhythm: Finding My voice in a World Without Sound by Mandy Harvey

The musician recounts her life and career, including how she lost her hearing at age eighteen, suffered from depression, and found her way back to music.

Ready for a Brand New Beat: How "Dancing in the Street" Became the Anthem for a Changing America by Mark Kurlansky

Traces the meteoric popularity of the iconic song by Marvin Gaye, Mickey Stevenson, and Ivy Jo Hunter against a backdrop of the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964, exploring how the song's multiple meanings rendered it an activist anthem. (BT) | ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound | Lexile:

This is Your Brain on Music: the Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin

Explores the relationship between the mind and music by drawing on recent findings in the fields of neuroscience and evolutionary psychology to discuss topics such as the sources of musical tastes and the brain's responses to music. (BT) | x | Lexile:

Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land by Sandy Tolan

Chronicles the life story of Ramzi Aburedwan, a Palestinian refugee who got an education, mastered the viola, and founded a music school in the West Bank, showing how his love of music helped to inspire children in a violent land.



BIOGRAPHY

Janis Joplin by Ann Angel

A biography of rock musician Janis Joplin, with photographs and anecdotes from those who knew her, covering her work to improve as a singer, struggle atainst authority aned love for her mother. | ALA | Lexile: 1170

Yoko Ono: Collector of Skies by Neil Beram

A lyrical introduction to the life and art of Yoko Ono covers her avant-garde visual art and her experimental music, exploring how she endured as the misunderstood wife of John Lennon and sought unique creative expressions. | ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound | Lexile:

This Land Was Made for You and Me by Elizabeth Partridge

A biography of Woody Guthrie, a singer who wrote over 3,000 folk songs and ballads as he traveled around the United States, including This Land is Your Land and So Long It’s Been Good to Know Yuh. | ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound, NCSS | Lexile: 1020

Die Young With Me: A Memoir by Rob Rufus (2016 - ALEX)

The author describes growing up in rural West Virginia and starting a punk band with his twin brother, only to be diagnosed with stage four cancer, which forced him to discover his inner strength. (BT) | ALA ALEX Award | Lexile:










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