Babymouse
Babymouse, who is dreamy, irritable, and obsessive, has a tendency to get into trouble and occasionally lose her touch with reality, and when the annual dodgeball tournament approaches, she takes on Felicia Furrypaws and enters a battle between good and evil.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 1002
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 200
subjects: ball games, fear, schools, heroes, mice, beaches, brothers and sisters, animals, cartoons and comics, dogs, pets, babymouse (fictitious character), musicals, theater, imagination, halloween, babymouse (fictional character), soap box derbies, comic books, strips, etc, science projects, snowboarding, politics, practical, birthdays, parties, babysitters, money-making projects for children, humorous graphic novels, swimming, mathematics, academic achievement, popularity, friendship, spanish language, graphic novels, heroes and heroines, school stories [X], musicians [X], music, camps, graphic novels
Miss Mary Is Scary!
Mr. Granite is assigned a new student teacher but A.J. and his friends become convinced that she is actually a vampire who lives in a cave and plays in a heavy metal band with her zombie boyfriend.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 69
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 470
subjects: school stories [X], student teachers, teachers, musicians [X], british, student teaching, schools, halloween, humorous stories, humorous fiction, music, humorous fiction
The Fruit Bowl Project
An admittedly "dork" middle-school teacher arranges for a rock superstar to teach her eighth-grade students, who each tell a story about the same topic, in the style of a rap, poem, monologue, screenplay, haiku, fairytale, and more.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: teachers, musicians [X], rock music, middle schools, schools, creative writing, school stories [X], music
Lucky Stars
Music entwines Kira, a thirteen-year-old singer who hates that her father makes her perform for money on New York City subway platforms; Eugene, the class clown; and Jake, who longs to sing and to approach Kira, but feels held back by his stuttering.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: musicians [X], single-parent families, stuttering, friendship, new york (n.y.), schools, speech disorders, music, school stories [X]
Fat Kid Rules The World
Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly three hundred pounds, gets a new perspective on life when Curt, a semi-homeless teen who is a genius on guitar, asks Troy to be the drummer in a rock band.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 55
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: obesity, musicians [X], interpersonal relations, drug abuse, suicide, new york (n.y.), school stories [X]
Thunderbowl
Sixteen-year-old Jeremy, caught up in the excitement of playing guitar for the hot band Thunderbowl, begins to lose control of the rest of his life.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
Lemonade Mouth
A disparate group of high school students thrown together in detention form a band to play at a school talent show and end up competing with a wildly popular local rock band.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
Notes From An Accidental Band Geek
French horn virtuoso Elsie Wyatt resents having to join her high school's marching band playing a melliphone, but finally finds a sense of belonging that transcends the pressure she has always felt to be as good as her father, principal french horn player in the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: musicians [X], marching bands, interpersonal relations, high schools, school stories [X], massachusetts
Matthew Meets The Man
As fifteen-year-old Matt copes with freshman year in a Texas high school, his first girlfriend, and the quest to become a drummer in a band, he continually confronts authority figures who slow his progress.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: musicians [X], bands (music), high schools, school stories [X], dating (social customs), texas
Lemonade Mouth Puckers Up
Olivia, Wen, Stella, Charlie, and Mo look back at the events of the summer during which they formed the band Lemonade Mouth.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
Guitar Notes
Tripp, who plays guitar only for himself, and Lyla, a cellist whose talent has already made her famous but not happy, form an unlikely friendship when they are forced to share a practice room at their high school.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: interpersonal relations, musicians [X], guitar, cello, high schools, single-parent families, schools, school stories [X], guitars
Math Fair Blues
Seth and his rock band perform at the school math fair and are surprised to find they are one of the prize winners.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 300
La Feria Musical De Matem?ticas
Introduces the concept of math with a story about Seth and his rock band performing at the school math fair and are surprised to find they have been awarded one of the prizes.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Jake The Fake Keeps It Real
Having faked his way into the Music and Art Academy, a performing arts school for gifted students where his talented older sister rules, sixth-grader Jake, a jokester who can barely play an instrument, will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
subjects: brothers and sisters, gifted children, musicians [X], performing arts, schools, humorous fiction, humorous stories, african americans, school stories [X], siblings
The Victoria In My Head
Shy fifteen-year-old Cuban American Victoria Cruz feels trapped by the monotony of running on the cross country team and keeping up with her studies to maintain her scholarship to her prestigious college prep school, but the chance to join a rock band in need of a lead singer gives her the opportunity to confront her anxieties, find love and disappointment, and create a new playlist for her life.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: rock groups, musicians [X], bands (music), dating (social customs), preparatory schools, school stories [X], cuban americans, new york (n.y.), private schools, young adult fiction