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Music is Life

Wild awakeby Hilary T. SmithTEEN FICTION SMITH

Seventeen-year-old Kiri Byrd has big plans for her summer without her parents. She intends to devote herself to her music and win Battle of the Bands with her bandmate and best friend, Lukas. But a call from a stranger opens old wounds & new mysteries.

Good enoughby Paula YooTEEN FICTION YOO

Patti's parents expect nothing less than the best from their Korean-American daughter. Everything she does affects her chances of getting into an Ivy League school. But Cute Trumpet Guy is making her see that maybe there is more to life than HarvardYalePrinceton...

The beauty that remainsby Ashley WoodfolkTEEN FICTION WOODFOLK

Music brought Autumn, Shay, and Logan together. But when individual tragedy strikes each of them, music no longer seems like enough. Each is left wondering how life would be different if “this” hadn’t happened. But now that it has, what’s next?

Let me hear a rhymeby Tiffany JacksonTEEN FICTION JACKSON

Set in Brooklyn, New York in 1998. When Steph is killed, his two best friends try to keep his music alive to honor his memory. The mix tape catches the attention of a music rep, which pushes the two friends, and Steph's little sister, to prove Steph's talent from beyond the grave.

This song will save your lifeby Leila SalesTEEN FICTION SALES

Nearly a year after a failed suicide attempt, sixteen-year-old Elise stumbles upon a warehouse party where she meets Vicky, Char, and Pippa, who lead her to discover that she has a passion, and the talent, to be a disc jockey.

The Lucy varitationsby Sara ZarrTEEN FICTION ZARR

Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. The right people knew her name, her performances were booked months in advance, and her future seemed certain. That was all before she turned fourteen. Now, at sixteen, it's over, she’s walked away. But a new piano teacher starts to coax her to play again.

If I stay by Gayle FormanTEEN FICTION FORMAN

While in a coma following an automobile accident which kills her parents and brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weights whether to live with the grief or join her family in death.

The musician’s daughterby Susanne DunlapTEEN FICTION DUNLAP

Fifteen-year-old Theresa Maria is convinced murder is afoot 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. Can Franz Joseph Haydn help her find the truth about her father’s life and death?

Blackbird flyby Erin Entrada KellyTWEEN FICTION KELLY

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

Seraphinaby Rachel HartmanTEEN FICTION HARTMAN

Seraphina, whose dragon mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own mixed identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while she struggles to accept and develop her extraordinary musical talents.

The Hatersby Jesse AndrewsTEEN FICTION ANDREWS

Jazz camp turns out the be lame; Wes and Corey are plotting to get out of the Jazz Voice dude crew. Luckily, they meet Ash and her unusual sound and decide to take their show on the road. Hopefully, they don’t hate it.

The Kingdom of Backby Marie LuTEEN FICTION LU

Born with a gift for music, Nannerl Mozart has just one wish: to be remembered forever. She delights audiences with her masterful playing, but has little hope she'll ever become the acclaimed composer she longs to be. As a young woman in 18th century Europe, the talents of her beloved younger brother, Wolfgang, shine brighter.

Codaby Emma TrevayneTEEN FICTION TREVAYNE

Ever since he was a young boy, music has coursed through the veins of eighteen-year-old Anthem; because music is encoded with addictive and mind-altering elements to control citizens. His underground rock band, where music sounds free, clear, and unencoded is an escape, but will it last?

The right noteby D. A. GrahamTEEN FICTION REALITY

Music duo Eve and Ryan are ecstatic to be contestants on their favorite show, The Right Note, but when the producers decide they should perform as solo acts, the duo's ambition and friendship are put to the test.

Become youby Ichigo TakanoTEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL TAKANO

Taiyou is a high-school musician with dreams of stardom, but when his bandmates quit in order to focus on school, it feels like Taiyou's dreams are slipping away. In an act of desperation, Taiyou strong-arms his sullen classmate Hikari into forming a band with him.

After Tupac and D Fosterby Jacqueline WoodsonTEEN FICTION WOODSON

In the New York City borough of Queens in 1996, three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac Shakur's music, as together they try to make sense of the unpredictable world in which they live.

Drum roll, pleaseby Lisa Jenn BigelowTWEEN FICTION BIGELOW

Melissa only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. But it turns out Melly loves playing the drums. And now she and Olivia get to spend the next two weeks jamming beneath the stars at Camp Rockaway.

K-on!by KakiflyTEEN GRAPHIC NOVEL KAKIFLY

When their high school's pop-music club is about to be disbanded due to lack of interest, four girls step up to fill the membership quota. Unfortunately, lead guitarist Yui Hirasawa has never played an instrument in her life.

Audrey, waitby Robin BenwayTEEN FICTION 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.

On the come upby Angie ThomasTEEN FICTION THOMAS

As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time-- and has massive shoes to fill. Her anger and frustration make her first song go viral-- for all the wrong reasons.