- Adios to My Old Life ~ Caridad Ferrer (FIC FER)
Tiring of unpromising jobs while longing for fame, seventeen-year-old Latina singer Ali Montero competes in a Latin superstar contest and finds herself overwhelmed by a maelstrom of glitzy wardrobe fittings, media interviews, and fan blogs. - Born blue ~ Han Nolan (FIC NOL)
Janie was four years old when she nearly drowned due to her mothers neglect. Through an unhappy foster home experience, and years of feeling that she is unwanted, she keeps alive her dream of someday being a famous singer. - Born to Rock ~ Gordon Korman (FIC KOR)
High school senior Leo Caraway, a conservative Republican, learns that his biological father is a punk rock legend. We also have this book on CD! - Diva ~ Alex Flinn (FIC FLI)
Despite her mother's objections, sixteen-year-old Caitlin determines to pursue her dream of becoming an opera singer by attending a performing arts school in Miami. - The Exes ~ Pagan Kennedy (FIC KEN)
A rock-and-roll group composed of musicians who used to date one another tries to survive long enough to make it big. - Featherless Bipeds ~ Richard Scarsbrook (FIC SCA)
In this sequel to Cheeseburger Subversive, Dak Sifter builds a band - the Featherless Bipeds and has every intention of enjoying every wild, ear-splitting moment of the ride. - Harlem Hustle ~ Janet McDonald (FIC MCD)
Eric "Hustle" Samson, a smart and street-wise seventeen-year-old dropout from Harlem, aspires to rap stardom, a dream he naively believes is about to come true. - Heavy metal and you ~ Christopher Krovatin (FIC KRO)
High schooler Sam begins losing himself when he falls for a preppy girl who wants him to give up getting wasted with his best friends and even his passion for heavy metal music in order to become a better person. - LBD : it's a girl thing ~ Grace Dent (FIC DEN)
Barred by their overprotective parents from attending a rock music festival, fourteen-year-olds Ronnie, Fleur, and Claude, also known as "Les Bambinos Dangereuses," decide to stage their own music festival at Blackwell School. - Pay the piper ~ Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple (FIC YOL)
When Callie interviews the band, Brass Rat, for her school newspaper, her feelings are ambivalent, but when all the children of Northampton begin to disappear on Halloween, she knows where the dangerous search must begin. Sound like a familiar fairy tale...? - Pop princess ~ Rachel Cohn (FIC COH)
Yearning to escape the small Massachusetts town where her family retreated after her sister's death, Wonder Blake gets her chance when her sister's manager offers Wonder a record contract on her sixteenth birthday. - The principles of Love ~ Emily Franklin (FIC FRA)
After moving to a Massachusetts boarding school where her father is the new principal, high-school sophomore and aspiring singer Love Bukowski learns some lessons about friendship and romance. - The queen's soprano ~ Carol Dines (FIC DIN)
Seventeen year-old Angelica Voglia lives in seventeenth-century Rome and has the voice of an angel, but because the pope forbids women to sing in public, she must escape to Queen Christina's palace to become a court singer. - Resurrection Blues ~ Mike Tanner (FIC TAN)
Excited about the opportunity to go on tour with his band, much like his great-uncle Ray did, eighteen-year-old Flynn Robinson uproots his entire world, drops out of school, and ends his relationship with Julianne to pursue his dreams of rock-and-roll. - Rock star superstar ~ Blake Nelson (FIC NEL)
When Pete, a talented bass player, moves from playing in the high school jazz band to playing in a popular rock group, he finds the experience exhilarating even as his new fame jeopardizes his relationship with girlfriend Margaret. - This lullaby ~ Sarah Dessen (FIC DES)
Raised by a mother who's had five husbands, eighteen-year-old Remy believes in short-term, no-commitment relationships until she meets Dexter, a rock band musician. - Tribute to another dead rock star ~ Randy Powell (FIC POW)
For a tribute to his mother, a dead rock star, fifteen-year-old Grady returns to Seattle, where he faces his mixed feelings for his retarded younger half-brother Louie while pondering his own future.
And if you're looking for biographies of your favourite singers/musicians, check out the non-fiction section, in the 780s. Some of the titles we have include:
- Life is Not a Fairy Tale ~ Fantasia (782.42164)
- Unbelievable : the life, death, and afterlife of the Notorious B.I.G. (782.42164 NOT-C)
- Kurt Cobain : "oh well, whatever, nevermind" (782.42166 COB-B)
- Nobody likes you : inside the turbulent life, times, and music of Green Day (782.42166 GRE-S)
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