Notes From The Midnight Driver
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.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 48
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 930
subjects: self-perception [X], friendship, nursing homes, guitar, musicians [X], guitars, family problems, audiobooks, children's audiobooks, community service (punishment), older men, teenage boys, elderly men, dysfunctional families, music
Beige
Katy, a quiet French Canadian teenager, reluctantly leaves Montr?al to spend time with her estranged father, an aging Los Angeles punk rock legend.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 540
subjects: fathers and daughters, punk rock music, musicians [X], self-perception [X], los angeles (calif.), father-daughter relationship, father-child relationship, father and child, music
Ruby Tuesday
The 1988 World Series win by the Los Angeles Dodgers sets off a chain of life-changing events for thirteen-year-old Ruby Tuesday as she travels to Las Vegas and learns some surprising truths about her family members and their careers as gamblers and musicians.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: family life, self-perception [X], gambling, musicians [X], las vegas (nev.), laguna beach (calif.)
Rehearsal For The Bigtime
Eleven-year-old Margo, who has always been thought of as nothing more than a sweet little angel, gains confidence and the ability to make people admire her when she joins the school band and starts special music lessons with three friends.
FIC
year: 1988
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: