The Disenchantments
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
The award-winning author of Hold Still and We Are Okay presents a young adult novel about a group of friends who embark on a journey filled with music, romance, and self-discovery.
“Enchanting . . . this realistic novel will hit home.”—School Library Journal, starred review
“Astonishing.”—Booklist, starred review
Colby has a long-standing pact with his best friend, Bev: After graduation, he’ll serve as summer roadie to her all-girl band, and then the two of them will spend the rest of the year wandering around Europe. But moments after the tour kicks off, Bev makes a shocking announcement: She’s abandoning their gap-year plans to start college in the fall. Colby is heartbroken, but the show must go on. While The Disenchantments play their tour in small towns throughout the Pacific Northwest, Colby struggles to deal with Bev’s decision, his unrequited feelings for his increasingly distant best friend, and the most important question of all: What’s next?
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After Colby graduates from high school, his well-laid plans to spend a year traveling through Europe go up in smoke when his travel partner and best friend, Bev, reveals she's going to art school instead. Colby is angry and hurt, but he doesn't have time to do much brooding. He's committed himself to playing chauffeur for Bev's all-girl rock band, the Disenchantments, on their first (and probably last) summer tour. Chronicling the band's road trip up the West Coast, this insightful coming-of-age story expresses how a teen in limbo learns some profound lessons about disappointment, love, and the pursuit of dreams in some unexpected places. Between gigs, Colby meets unlikely kindred spirits a tattoo artist, a semifamous graffiti artist, and a female farmer whose outlooks influence his decisions about the future. LaCour (Hold Still) skillfully draws connections between art and life as she delves into the heart of her characters, revealing their fears and celebrating the creative forces that inspire them to reach for the stars. Ages 14 up.
