Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia Clayton feels most alive when he’s playing music with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen. He can’t wait to join them just as soon as he has a blues song of his own, but then the unthinkable happens. Dropping Beats by Nathanael Lessore Thirteen-year-old Growls (aka Shaun) is an aspiring (awful) rapper who hopes to enter this year’s Raptology competition with his best friend, Shanks (aka Zachariah). After all, what better way to land his crush (Tanisha) and get the respect he finally deserves than winning the contest and going viral? But when a livestream practice goes epically wrong, the two friends do go viral—and not in the way they’d hoped. Boy Seeking Band by Steven Brezenoff Terence Kato is a prodigy bass player, but he’s determined to finish middle school on a high note. Life has other plans. In eighth grade, he’s forced to transfer from a private arts school to a public school, where the kids seemingly speak a different language. Luckily, Terence knows a universal one: music. He sets out to build a rock band, and in the process, make a few friends. However, great music and great friendships aren’t always in harmony.
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