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Thunderbowl
Contributor(s): Choyce, Lesley (Author)

ISBN: 1551432773 ISBN-13: 9781551432779
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2004
Annotation: Jeremy's band is hot--really hot. Thunderbowl is on the way up and they have had their first big break--a long-term gig at a local bar. The only problem is that while Jeremy should be doing his homework and keeping up in school, he is spending most nights in a rowdy club, trying to keep the band together while his life is falling apart. Trying to balance his dreams of success with the hard realities of the music business, Jeremy is forced to make some tough choices.

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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Performing Arts - Music
- Young Adult Fiction | Careers, Occupations, Internships
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2004100595

Age Level: 12-UP

Grade Level: 7-UP

Lexile Measure: 520 HL (High-Low)

Series: Orca Soundings

Physical Information: 0.4" H x 4.2" W x 6.9" L (0.25 lbs) 128 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Review Citations: ALA Recmd for Reluctant YA's 02/15/2005 pg. 1024

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 78321
Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 2.0

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Publisher Description:
Jeremy's band is hot--really hot. Thunderbowl is on the way up and they have had their first big break--a long-term gig at a local bar. The only problem is that while Jeremy should be doing his homework and keeping up in school, he is spending most nights in a rowdy club, trying to keep the band together while his life is falling apart. Trying to balance his dreams of success with the hard realities of the music business, Jeremy is forced to make some tough choices.

Also available in Spanish.

Contributor Bio(s): Choyce, Lesley: - Lesley Choyce, who has been teaching English and creative writing for over thirty years, is the author of more than ninety books of literary fiction, short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction and young adult novels. He has won the Dartmouth Book Award, the Atlantic Poetry Prize and the Ann Connor Brimer Award. He has also been short-listed for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor, the White Pine Award, the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, the Aurora Award from the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association and, most recently, the Governor General's Literary Award. He lives in Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia.

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