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 [X], spanish language, graphic novels, heroes and heroines, school stories, musicians, music [X], camps, graphic novels
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, friendship [X], nursing homes, guitar, musicians, guitars, family problems, audiobooks, children's audiobooks, community service (punishment), older men, teenage boys, elderly men, dysfunctional families, music [X]
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, single-parent families, stuttering, friendship [X], new york (n.y.), schools, speech disorders, music [X], school stories
The Gorillas Of Gill Park
Willy Wilson leads a boring life until he spends a summer with his Aunt Bridget.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: parks, friendship [X], music [X], baseball, eccentrics and eccentricities, costumes, baseball stories, mystery and detective stories
A Little Wanting Song
One Australian summer, two very different sixteen-year-old girls--Charlie, a talented but shy musician, and Rose, a confident student longing to escape her tiny town--are drawn into an unexpected friendship, as told in their alternating voices.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: friendship [X], self-esteem, loneliness, bashfulness, musicians, australia, shyness, love stories, love, music [X], romance fiction, love stories
Wash Day
A young girl describes wash day, her favorite day of the week, when Miss Ett the washerwoman comes with her grandson Sherman and Grandpa tells stories and teaches Sherman to play music.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
Herman And Rosie
In New York City, a "groovy little jazz number" brings together a lonely crocodile and deer.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
Becoming Felix
Worried about the difficulties on his family's Massachusetts dairy farm, twelve-year-old JJ is willing to give up on his dreams of becoming a great clarinet player and on his friendship with a new Jewish classmate who shares his love of music.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
The Three Grasshoppers
Three grasshopper friends gather food for the winter ahead, but the competition for food leads to a fierce war as the grasshoppers fend for themselves.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Beethoven In Paradise
Martin longs to be a musician, and with the encouragement of two very different friends, he eventually is able to defy his mean-hearted father and accept himself and the talent within him.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
Pooh's Favorite Singing Games
Pooh and friends sing songs (lyrics only).
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Kisses
Eleventh-grader Hannah, talented in music but lacking in self-confidence, comes to realize, after several unsuccessful encounters with boys, the importance of being true to oneself and of looking beyond outward appearance.
FIC
year: 1990
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
La Guerra De Las Bandas
Jay and his group, the Garrapatos Lunares, prepare for a battle of the bands competition to win time in a recording studio.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 550
Jesse's Girl
On Career Shadow Day, Maya gets paired with pop star Jesse Scott who rose to fame at a young age and has no real friends, and although the last thing Maya wants is to be reminded of how music broke her heart, she and Jesse might be just what the other needs, but can they open up enough to become real friends--or even something more?.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
The Haters
A road trip adventure about a trio of jazz-camp escapees who, against every realistic expectation, become a band.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 900
subjects: bands (music), musicians, friendship [X], juvenile fiction / performing arts / music, juvenile fiction / humorous stories, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, electronic books, music [X], humorous fiction, electronic books