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A story of music. A story of healing. A story of love conquering all....

Brooklyn, 1998. Biggie Smalls was right: Things done changed. But that doesn’t mean Quadir and Jarrell are cool letting their best friend Steph’s music lie forgotten under his bed after he’s murdered - not when his rhymes could turn any Bed-Stuy corner into a party....

Carson Mastick is entering his senior year of high school and desperate to make his mark, on the reservation and off. Winning the local Battle of the Bands, with its first prize of a trip to New York City, is his best shot....

A teen rockstar has to navigate family, love, coming out, and life in the spotlight after being labeled the latest celebrity trainwreck in Jen Wilde's quirky and utterly relatable novel. As a rock star drummer in the hit band the Brightsiders, Emmy King's life should be perfect....

Told in a refreshingly genuine and laugh-out-loud funny voice, Leila Sales' This Song Will Save Your Life is an exuberant novel about identity, friendship, and the power of music to bring people together....

Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill....

Troy Billings, at six-foot-one, 296 pounds, is standing at the edge of a subway platform, seriously contemplating suicide, when he meets Curt MacCrae...

When rising star Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec) is found dead on her turntables, it sends the local music scene reeling. No one is feeling that grief more than her shunned pre-fame best friend, Kya, and ParSec's chief groupie, Fuse - two sworn enemies....

Nick frequents New York's indie rock scene nursing a broken heart. Norah is questioning all of her assumptions about the world....

Leo Caraway - president of the Young Republicans club, 4.0 GPA, future Harvard student - had his entire future perfectly planned out until he finds out that his real father is a punk rock legend....

When D Foster walks into Neeka and her best friend's lives, their world opens up. D doesn't have a "real" mom constantly telling her what to do, and the girls envy her independence....

Told from three diverse points of view, this story of life and love after loss is one Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give, calls a "stunning, heart-wrenching look at grief that will stay with you long after you put it down."....

It's 1993, and Generation X pulses to the beat of Kurt Cobain and the grunge movement....

Colby and Bev have a long-standing pact: graduate, hit the road with Bev's band, and then spend the year wandering around Europe. But moments after the tour kicks off, Bev makes a shocking announcement: she's abandoning their plans - and Colby - to start college in the fall....

Both exhilarating and wrenching, Hilary T. Smith's debut novel captures the messy glory of being alive....

Sixteen-year-old Bird Barrett has grown up on the road, singing backup in her family's bluegrass band....

If R.J. Palacio's Wonder was a young adult novel, it'd be something like The Scar Boys....

Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. Her performances were booked months in advance, and her future seemed certain. Now, at 16, it's over....

It's the summer of 1963, and JJ Green is a born songwriter--which is a major problem, considering her family considers the music business a cesspool of lowlifes and hustlers....