So Punk Rock: And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother

Despite his dreams of hipster rock glory, Ari Abramson's first-ever band, the Tribe, is more white bread than indie-cred. Comprised of four suburban teens from a wealthy Jewish day school, their Motley Crue is about as hardcore as SAT prep and scripture studies.

But after a one-song gig at a friend's Bar Mitzvah--a ska cover of Hava Nagila--the Tribe's popularity erupts overnight. Now, Ari is forced to navigate a minefield of inflated egos, overbearing parents, misplaced romance, and the shallowness of indie-rock elitism. It's a hard lesson in the complex art of playing it cool. Loaded with sarcasm and delicious pop culture condescension (not to mention David Ostow's too-cool-for-school cartooning work), So Punk Rock is the E Behind the Music story of an epic Jewish band that never was. If it got any more kosher, it'd be totally traif.

Micol Ostow (New York City) has written more than thirty-five published works for children and young adults. So Punk Rock was inspired by the thirteen years of Jewish day school that she and her bother David experienced. Micol is currently pursuing an MFA in writing through Vermont College of Fine Arts and teaching YA writing up and down the Eastern seaboard.

llustrator David Ostow (Hoboken, New Jersey) works for an architecture and design firm.

For more information, visit their website at: www.kosherpunkrock.com.

Other links for So Punk Rock:

The Tribe Myspace page: http: //www.myspace.com/tribenj

Ari on Twitter: http: //twitter.com/rockonari

Reena on Twitter: http: //twitter.com/NJchoirGRRL

Despite his dreams of hipster rock glory, Ari Abramson's first-ever band, the Tribe, is more white bread than indiecred. Comprised of four suburban teens from a wealthy Jewish day school, their Motley Crue is about as hardcore as SAT prep and scripture studies. But after a one-song gig at a friend's Bar Mitzvah--a ska cover of Hava Nagila--the Tribe's popularity erupts overnight. Now, Ari is forced to navigate a minefield of inflated egos, overbearing parents, misplaced romance, and the shallowness of indie-rock elitism. It's a hard lesson in the complex art of playing it cool. Loaded with sarcasm and delicious pop culture condescension (not to mention David Ostow's too-cool-for-school cartooning work), So Punk Rock is the E Behind the Music story of an epic Jewish band that never was. If it got any more kosher, it'd be totally traif.

Loaded with sarcasm and delicious pop culture condescension (not to mention David Ostow's too-cool-for-school cartooning work), "So Punk Rock" is the VH1 "Behind the Music"-style story of an epic Jewish band that never was. Illustrations.

Despite his dreams of hipster rock glory, Ari Abramson's band, the Tribe, is more white bread than indie-cred. Made up of four suburban teens from a wealthy Jewish school, their Motley Crue is about as hardcore as SAT prep and scripture studies.

But after a one-song gig at a friend's Bar Mitzvah--a ska cover of Hava Nagilah--the Tribe's popularity erupts overnight. Now, Ari is forced to navigate a minefield of inflated egos, misplaced romance, and the shallowness of indie-rock elitism. It's a hard lesson in the complex art of playing it cool. So Punk Rock is... a 2010 Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Teen Readers Awesome. Brilliant. Hilarious. So Punk Rock is so good --Blake Nelson, author of Girl A downright hilarious read.--Elizabeth Bird, author of School Library Journal's A Fuse #8 Production A] cutting-edge prose-graphic hybrid. . .smart, laugh-out-loud witty.--Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of Tantalize and Eternal A Booklist Top 10 Arts Books for Youth (2009) and Top 10 Religious Books for Youth (2009). For more information, visit: www.kosherpunkrock.com.

Other links for So Punk Rock:

The Tribe Myspace page: http: //www.myspace.com/tribenj

Ari on Twitter: http: //twitter.com/rockonari

Reena on Twitter: http: //twitter.com/NJchoirGRRL