Abe Lincoln Award Nominee!!

Piper--gutsy, savvy and, yes, deaf--has signed her way into a gig that promises a big, necessary payoff: manager of Dumb, Seattle's Battle of the Bands winners. 

Seething with resentment and feelings of inadequacy after her parents raid her college account to pay for her baby sister's cochlear implants, Piper is determined to shape both Dumb's future and her own. Piper's struggles and growth as a manager--she is initially hampered by lack of both experience with intra-band politics and knowledge about music--enjoy realistic treatment, as do her nuanced relationships with family members and the super-talented and adorable Ed Chen.

 As Piper learns about Seattle's rock heroes (Cobain and Hendrix), she sees both the band Dumb could be if they would choose rocking over fighting and the person she will become once she truly owns her deafness. 

Music to my ears!!!

On odd days, Tripp Broody uses a school practice room to let loose on a borrowed guitar. Tripp escapes to a world where only the music matters.

On even days, Lyla Marks uses the same practice room. Tripp thinks she's trying to become even more "perfect".  

When Lyla begins leaving notes for him in between the 

strings of the guitar, his life intersects with hers in a 

way he never expected.

Call #: YA Amato, Mary NEW

Longing for fame as the singer and bass player, Toby is encouraged by a bandmate to explore his romantic prospects to gain credibility as a lovestruck artist, a situation that is challenged by a previous owner's claim on his old bass guitar. 

 Toby and Zack’s first gig could make or break their Beatles cover band, the Nowhere Men. But ever since getting dumped by his girlfriend, lead singer Toby can’t quite pull off the Beatles’ feel-good vibe. When Toby finds a note hidden inside his brother’s bass claiming the instrument was stolen, he embarks on a quest to find the true owner—and hopes a girl named Michelle will help him recover his lost mojo along the way.

Coming Soon!

Arriving In April .....
The Sequel To If I Stay

Where She Went

by Gayle Forman

Adam, now a rising rock star, and Mia, a successful cellist, reunite in New York and reconnect after the horrific events that tore them apart when Mia almost died in a car accident three years earlier.

Rock On!

Fat Kid Rules the World
By K.L. Going

Troy is a 300 pound 17 year old who was thinking about jumping in front of a subway train...
That is until he meets Curt MacCrae, a semi homeless, high-school-dropout, guitar god who invites Troy to be the drummer of his band. It doesn't matter that Troy's dad thinks Curt is a drug addict, or that Troy's brother thinks Curtis is the biggest loser ever, or even that Troy isn't that good at the drums. All that matters is that Troy is in a band and with Curtis's help they will change the world of punk forever!

Caudill 2011 Book

Notes From the Midnight Driver

By: Jordan Sonnenblick

After being assigned to perform community service at a nursing home, sixteen-year-old Alex befriends a cantankerous old man who has some lessons to impart about jazz guitar playing, love, and forgiveness.