| Lucky Stars Contributor(s): Frank, Lucy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1481429019 ISBN-13: 9781481429016 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8" (0.57 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 89000 Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On stage is the last place on Earth Kira, Jake, or Eugene want to be. I'm not a human jukebox, Kira tells her dad, or a dancing doll, or a puppet, where you press a button and I'll entertain you Yet since arriving in New York City, she's had to sing Amazing Grace and Me and Bobby McGee with him and her two little brothers, Chris and Charlie, for handouts on a subway platform. Singing like an angel. Wanting to stop singing forever. Jake sings, but only in his dreams. In real life he'll do anything to keep his mouth shut because of his stutter. Eugene's greatest dream is that the world will laugh with him and not at him. Eugene sings like a foghorn. Ms. Hill, the school's music teacher, has ambitions for them all. My alto section could use some boys, she tells Jake and Eugene after they've been thrown out of the lunchroom for a kimchi incident, and she spots them eyeing her poster: is there a singer inside you trying to get out? you know you want to sing. join the chorus Uh, I don't think that would be us, Eugene says. We're nonjoiners. Trust me. This works for everyone. Until Jake meets Kira. |
Contributor Bio(s): Frank, Lucy: - Lucy Frank is the author of five novels for young people: Just Ask Iris; Oy, Joy!; Will You Be My Brussels Sprout?; I Am an Artichoke; and The Annoyance Bureau. She splits her time between New York City and upstate New York, where she and her husband have raised one son, three cats, and four ducks. Read more about Lucy and her books at www.lucyfrank.com. |