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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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While zoning out in Chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has continued the lyrics on the desk, and added a message to her. Soon, Lily and her anonymous pen pal are exchanging full-on letters -- sharing secrets, recommending bands, and opening up to each other. Lily realizes she's kind of falling for this letter writer. Only who is he? As Lily attempts to unravel the mystery,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Series consultant and author Mark Mussari takes readers on a journey from the beginnings of rock and roll and the nascent youth culture of the 1950s and 1960s through the materialistic years of the 1980s into the still-being-defined early twenty-first century. In this fascinating book, this record of the ever-changing world of American culture is highlighted with a fabulous variety of photographs from the last six decades.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Connected Lives, a contemporary nonfiction series for teens, features the fascinating life stories of popular artists. Each book presents two singers in a similar musical genre who have lived extraordinary lives, exploring how their lives interconnect and how they are different. As similar as these artists may seem, their rise to fame may have been very different. Multiple musical genres are represented across the series, including pop, hip-hop, jazz,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Connected Lives, a contemporary nonfiction series for teens, features the fascinating life stories of popular artists. Each book presents two singers in a similar musical genre who have lived extraordinary lives, exploring how their lives interconnect and how they are different. As similar as these artists may seem, their rise to fame may have been very different. Multiple musical genres are represented across the series, including pop, hip-hop, jazz,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Connected Lives, a contemporary nonfiction series for teens, features the fascinating life stories of popular artists. Each book presents two singers in a similar musical genre who have lived extraordinary lives, exploring how their lives interconnect and how they are different. As similar as these artists may seem, their rise to fame may have been very different. Multiple musical genres are represented across the series, including pop, hip-hop, jazz,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Connected Lives, a contemporary nonfiction series for teens, features the fascinating life stories of popular artists. Each book presents two singers in a similar musical genre who have lived extraordinary lives, exploring how their lives interconnect and how they are different. As similar as these artists may seem, their rise to fame may have been very different. Multiple musical genres are represented across the series, including pop, hip-hop, jazz,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Connected Lives, a contemporary nonfiction series for teens, features the fascinating life stories of popular artists. Each book presents two singers in a similar musical genre who have lived extraordinary lives, exploring how their lives interconnect and how they are different. As similar as these artists may seem, their rise to fame may have been very different. Multiple musical genres are represented across the series, including pop, hip-hop, jazz,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Connected Lives, a contemporary nonfiction series for teens, features the fascinating life stories of popular artists. Each book presents two singers in a similar musical genre who have lived extraordinary lives, exploring how their lives interconnect and how they are different. As similar as these artists may seem, their rise to fame may have been very different. Multiple musical genres are represented across the series, including pop, hip-hop, jazz,...
10) Siren
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
#1 New York Times bestseller A sweeping stand-alone fantasy romance from Kiera Cass, author of the bestselling, beloved Selection series. Kahlen is a Siren -- bound to serve the Ocean by luring humans to their watery graves with her voice, which is deadly to any human who hears it. Akinli is human -- a kind, handsome boy who's everything Kahlen ever dreamed of. Falling in love puts them both in danger ... but will Kahlen risk everything to follow...
11) Queen
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This history of Queen highlights the band's career and cultural impact. Readers learn about Queen's humble beginnings in London, their legendary performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert, and the legacy of iconic songs like "Bohemian Rhapsody." Engaging text, historic photographs, and sidebars bring the story to life. Features include a timeline, glossary, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
12) Pink Floyd
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This history of Pink Floyd highlights the band's career and cultural impact. Readers learn about Pink Floyd's beginnings as a British R&B band, their turn to psychedelic rock, and the creation of iconic albums. Engaging text, historic photographs, and sidebars bring the story to life. Features include a timeline, glossary, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is...
13) Beatles
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This history of the Beatles highlights the band's career and cultural impact. Readers learn about the band's roots in Liverpool, its role in the British Invasion, and the creation of iconic albums. Engaging text, historic photographs, and illuminating sidebars bring the story of the Beatles to life. Features include a timeline, glossary, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential...
14) Who
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This history of the Who highlights the band's career and cultural impact. Readers learn about the Who's beginnings in Britain, their embodiment of youth subcultures, and the legacy of iconic albums. Engaging text, historic photographs, and sidebars bring the story of the Who to life. Features include a timeline, glossary, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is...
15) Led Zeppelin
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
This history of Led Zeppelin highlights the band's career and cultural impact. Readers learn about Led Zeppelin's beginnings in Britain, the live performances that catapulted them to fame, and iconic songs such as "Stairway to Heaven." Engaging text, historic photographs, and sidebars bring the story of Led Zeppelin to life. Features include a timeline, glossary, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated...
16) Rolling Stones
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This history of the Rolling Stones highlights the band's career and cultural impact. Readers learn about the Rolling Stones' early days playing blues covers, the rebellious spirit that gave the band its identity, and the creation of iconic albums. Engaging text, historic photographs, and sidebars bring the story to life. Features include a timeline, glossary, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Matthew Swanbeck has a classic problem. Back in seventh grade, his dad talked him into playing the trumpet instead of the drums. Now he's a lowly brass player in the school marching band. Until one day, he has an epiphany: He can start his own band, play in all the cool rock venues, even go on tour...if only he can scrape together the cash to buy a drum set. But, how will he ever get the money together when The Man thwarts him at every turn, taking...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Neil plays guitar with his family's band, the Family McClintock, even though he can't stand the Celtic music they play, he doesn't dance, he hates the outfits, and every single performance reminds him that he isn't as talented as the rest of the family.
When his buddy Bert convinces him to form a rock band and enter a local talent show, Neil's playing improves and everyone notices, including a girl who shares his musical interests. He starts to...
19) The Frail Days
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old drummer Stella, guitarist Jacob and bassist Miles need a wild singer for their old-school rock band. When they discover nerdy Tamara Donnelly, who nails the national anthem at a baseball game, Stella is not convinced Tamara's sound is right for the band. Stella wants to turn Tamara into a rock goddess, but Tamara proves to be a confident performer who has her own ideas about music and what it means to be epic cool.
When their band,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah!
When Regina Bloomsbury's band, the Caverns, breaks up, she thinks it's all over. And then, she makes a wish- "I wish I could be as famous as the Beatles."
The Beatles are her music idols. The next day, she gets up to find that the Caverns are not just as famous as the Beatles, they have replaced them in history! Regina is living like a rock star, and loving it. There are talk shows, music videos, and live concerts...
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