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Want to Be in a Band?
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Giselle Potter
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade (2013, Feb 12th).
Pages: 40
Do you want to be in a band? Well, here's how! First, bug your two older sisters to start a band, and then beg them to join. (It helps if they already know how to sing and play guitar.) Then there are some tricky parts, like getting over STAGEFRIGHT and practicing until the tips of your fingers ache and playing gigs at not-so-big-time music clubs. At least, that's the way our little sister narrator explains it in her "guide" on how to start a band, based on the real-life experiences of author Suzzy Roche. more
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Game Changers Book 2: Play Makers
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Mike Lupica
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press (2013, Feb 1st).
Pages: 224
Mike Lupica presents the second book in his NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Game Changers series!Still living large off their incredible football championship win just weeks before, Ben McBain and his crew must now prepare for basketball season. Ben is known as the best point guard throughout the league. And now that Shawn O'Brien has joined their team, they are a shoo-in to win it all. But there is a new kid in town, Chase Braggs, a point guard like Ben who seems to be better, stronger, and faster. Refusing to let his team down, Ben hits the courts hard to practice. Ben's rivalry with Chase seems to take the fun out of playing ball with his best friends. Will Ben be able to pull it together for his team and for himself? more
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