Boy Seeking Band
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Great music and great friendships aren't always in harmony. Terence Kato is a prodigy bass player, but he's determined to finish middle school on a high note. Life has other plans. In eighth grade, he's forced to transfer from a private arts school to a public school, where the kids seemingly speak a different language. Luckily, Terence knows a universal one: music. The teen sets out to build a rock band and, in the process, make a few friends. From the acclaimed author of Brooklyn, Burning and Guy in Real Life comes a fresh, funny, genuine novel about enjoying life beyond the opening act.
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Eighth grader Terence Kato transfers to public Franklin Middle School with trepidation and low expectations. In the span of a few short months, Terence's mother died, his father started spending most of his time in bed, they moved out of their home, and Terence had to leave his private school friends and jazz quintet behind. Terence knows that a new band might be the only way to make his time at Franklin bearable, so he sets out to put together the perfect sound. His only rule? No friends. For Terence, friends mean connection and sympathy, two things he'd rather avoid. But bonds form as the band comes together, reminding Terence that friendship isn't weakness but strength. Brezenoff (Guy in Real Life) touches on many concerns and stresses in Terence's life, including his father's depression, being bullied, and his elitist attitude toward the arts program at Franklin, but they aren't explored deeply and are resolved fairly neatly. Even so, the disaffected tone of the narration nicely mirrors Terence's angst, and his friendship with the band's vocalist, Meredith "Eddie" Carson, is well developed. Ages 9 12.
