Monday, November 20, 2023

pARTy! Celebrate the Arts

The arts are an integral part of our lives -- whether it is poetry, music, literature, dance, theater, etc.  Here are a few of our favorite teen books with story lines focusing on the arts . . .


A Mad, Wicked Folly
 by Sharon Biggs Waller
In 1909 London, as the world of debutante balls and high society obligations closes in around her, seventeen-year-old Victoria must figure out just how much is she willing to sacrifice to pursue her dream of becoming an artist.

Bobby Sky: Boy Band or Die by Joe Shine
After two grueling years of training to be a Shadow, a top-secret guardian, sixteen-year-old Robert "Hutch" Hutchinson's first assignment is to join a boy band and protect its world-famous front-man.

Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor
A sixteen-year-old homeschooled math genius finds herself out of her element at a theater summer camp and learns that life--and love--can't be lived by the (text)book.

The Heartbreakers by Ali Novak
When her triplet sister Cara is diagnosed with leukemia, eighteen-year-old Stella puts her dreams on hold to move home and be with her family, but when she starts spending time with the lead singer of Cara's favorite band, will Stella resent him for taking her attention away from her sister--or will he help Stella find the courage to live her own life?


More Books --
Battle of the Bands by various authors
Beneath the Wide Silk Sky by Emily Inouye Huey
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Echo After Echo by A.R. Capetta
Hopepunk by Preston Norton
Impossible Music by Sean Williams
Last Things by Jacqueline West
The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley
Love, Jacaranda by Alex Flinn
Night Music by Jenn Marie Thorne
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow
Punching the Air by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo
This Book Is Not Yet Rated by Peter Bognanni
The Way the Light Bends by Cordelia Jenson
This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow
When We Were Strangers by Alex Richards

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