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Drum Roll, Please

Lisa Jenn Bigelow

Melly heads to Camp Rockaway with her best friend Olivia just after her parents tell her they intend to divorce. A drummer, she joins a four-person band and confides in bandmate Adeline, then realizes she has a crush on her. As Olivia spends more time with a boy in another band, Melly works with Adeline to turn her feelings about the divorce into a song for the group’s final performance. The novel also addresses consent.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
HL630L
ATOS Book Level
4.4
AR Interest Level
MG
AR Points
9
Word Count
63618
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
O
Themes
Change And Transitions · Family · Friendship · Love · Music
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
May 14, 2019
Pages
336
ISBN-13
9780062791153
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2019Fiction for Children
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