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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. But it's hard to get your come up when you're labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral...for all the...
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Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
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My weird school volume 6
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English
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When boring Mr. Loring retires, A.J.'s class gets a new music teacher who raps, break-dances, and thinks he has what it takes to become a famous musician.
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Leah Burke is an anomaly in her friend group: the only child of a young, single mom; her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she's bisexual, she hasn't mustered the courage to tell her friends-- not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. When her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways, it's hard for Leah to strike the right note. And with prom and...
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2022.
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Seventeen-year-olds Daisy, a talented violinist with cerebral palsy, and Noah, a great cellist with severe anxiety, plan to use the holiday concert to land a Julliard audition, but when they are chosen to play a duet, they worry their differences will sink their chances.
9) Jazz
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Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate the roots of jazz music.
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Nancy Paulsen Books
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[2020]
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English
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"A lonely guard and his beloved keytar headline this timely, humorous look at the walls we create, what they mean, and why they might need to come down. Felix’s job is to help guard the wall that protects everyone from the horrible monsters on the other side. But it’s a boring job–nothing ever happens at the wall, so he spends his time dreaming of playing his keytar in a band. One day, Felix hears music coming from the other side of the wall,...
12) Wild symphony
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Rodale Kids
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Invites children to travel through trees and across seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends, who visit with a sequence of animals on spreads that incorporate clues to a coded message. Young readers will meet a big blue whale and speedy cheetahs, tiny beetles and graceful swans. The poems combined with the music tell a story and reveal a funny or interesting side of each animal's personality.
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Baby Brains volume 2
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Candlewick Press
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2005.
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English
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A musically gifted baby is invited to play the electric guitar at a star-studded rock concert.
14) All together now
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Eagle Rock trilogy volume 2
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Farrar Straus Giroux
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2020.
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English
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When her band's drummer and fellow guitarist start dating, life gets awkward for eighth-grader Bina, a talented musician and songwriter, whose discomfort only multiplies when her best friend Austin develops a crush on her.
16) Alligator jazz
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Pelican Publishing Company
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2018.
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English
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Alligator Slim gives up the blues, moves to the city, and gets a job playing jazz saxophone at the zoo, but fellow performer Weasel is not happy about his success.
17) The drummer boy
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Philomel Books
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2008.
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English
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After accidentally being thrown away, a beloved toy drummer boy goes on an adventure that eventually brings him back to a warm home, where he is placed near baby Jesus in a manger scene.
18) Loveboat forever
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Loveboat volume 3
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HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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In desperate need of a new image, seventeen-year-old music prodigy Pearl Wong attends Chien Tan, the Taipei summer program, but instead enters an extravagant world where there's more awaiting her than she ever could've imagined--like a romantic entanglement with a mysterious suitor.
19) Jazzmatazz!
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HarperCollins Childrens Books
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[2008]
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English
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When a mouse scurries into a house and starts to play jazz music, other animals join in, one by one, each using his or her own particular talent.
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