Synopses & Reviews
Poets. Geniuses. Revolutionaries.
The members of the legendary band Lemonade Mouth have been called all of these things. But until now, nobody's known the inside story of how this powerhouse band came to be. How five outcasts in Opoquonsett High School's freshman class found each other, found the music, and went on to change both rock and roll and high school as we know it. Wen, Stella, Charlie, Olivia, and Mo take us back to that fateful detention where a dentist's jingle, a teacher's coughing fit, and a beat-up ukelele gave birth to Rhode Island's most influential band. Told in each of their five voices and compiled by Opoquonsett's "scene queen," freshman Naomi Fishmeier, this anthology is their definitive history.
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"[Y]oung musicians into indie music will appreciate this romp, which includes some satisfying romantic moments and many epiphanies as the band members work out their individual problems by working together." Booklist
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"The average high schooler will easily relate to each main character's unique personality. This novel contains good basic elements: romance, rebellion, and rock and roll." VOYA
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"The novel is brought to life through the voices of the band members, band lovers, band haters, and various assorted characters as it weaves its tale of music, friendship, and what it really means to be cool." KLIATT
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"[A] tale of underdogs getting a break in the world." School Library Journal
Synopsis
Poets. Geniuses. Revolutionaries.
The members of the legendary band Lemonade Mouth have been called all of these things. But until now, nobody's known the inside story of how this powerhouse band came to be. How five outcasts in Opoquonsett High School's freshman class found each other, found the music, and went on to change both rock and roll and high school as we know it. Wen, Stella, Charlie, Olivia, and Mo take us back to that fateful detention where a dentist's jingle, a teacher's coughing fit, and a beat-up ukelele gave birth to Rhode Island's most influential band. Told in each of their five voices and compiled by Opoquonsett's "scene queen," freshman Naomi Fishmeier, this anthology is their definitive history.
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A disparate group of high school students thrown together in detention form a band to play at a school talent show and end up competing with a wildly popular local rock band.
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When five freshman outcasts join forces and put their creative heads together, they come up with a sound like no other, change the tone of rock-and-roll forever, and become one of their states most influential bands in the process!
About the Author
Mark Peter Hughes was born in Liverpool, England, and grew up in Barrington, Rhode Island. Mark's obsession with music has led to many ups and downs. Setbacks include getting ejected from eighth-grade music class for throwing a spitball and the heartbreak of learning that the accordion has no place on a thrash-metal stage. Success came later when Mark fronted an alternative-rock band. He owns a pennywhistle, a broken violin, and a boxful of other musical instruments of mass destruction. Mark now lives and often hums quietly in Massachusetts.
Lemonade Mouth is Mark Peter Hughes's second novel. His first, I am the Wallpaper, was a Children's Book Sense 76 Summer Pick and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age.