Thirteen-year-old Bina faces her first summer without her best friend, Austin, who has left for soccer camp.

When Fancy Pink is offered a record deal their parents say no, so they decide to make an album on their own, if they can raise enough money without raising their parents' suspicions.

"Barbie continues on her fashion adventure, this time designing for one of the world's biggest pop stars. But when Barbie experiences designer's block and can't get in the stitch of things, helping out a shy drummer may get her back on track! " --page [4] of cover.

"Twenty-something guitarist Aksel stutters when he sings, and the latest reviews say he has the voice of a crow with throat plague. That's not a compliment, even for the avant-garde music his band Perkeros plays. Aksel is having a hard time keeping the band together, stopping his girlfriend from kicking him out, and not getting eaten by his drummer (who happens to be a cranky brown bear). There are also the rival bands that Perkeros find themselves...

"It's almost the end of middle school, and Charlie has to find her perfect song for a music class assignment. The class learns about a different style of music each day, from hip-hop to metal to disco, but it's hard for Charlie to concentrate when she can't stop noticing her classmate Emile, or wondering about Luka, who hasn't been to school in weeks. On top of everything, she has been talked into participating in an end-of-year performance with her...

Since its inception as an African-American theater in 1934, the Apollo, and the thousands of entertainers who performed there, have led the way in the presentation of swing, bebop, rhythm and blues, jazz, gospel, soul, funk and hip-hop-along with the latest in dance and comedy. The Apollo has nurtured and featured thousands of artists, many of whom have become legends. The beauty they have given the world-their art-transcends the hatred, ignorance,...

"Steven and the Crystal Gems embark on an epic musical journey. After the Harmony Core, an ancient Diamond Authority artifact, accidentally activates on Earth, capturing the people of Beach City, it's up to Steven to save the day. Responsible for guarding the bubbled Harmony Cores, he'll have to find a way to stop its song before his friends are trapped forever!" --Provided by publisher.

Aspiring musician Miguel journeys to the land of the dead to meet his ancestor and change his family's ban on music.

"Discovering a band of demon cooks has captured her island home, warrior chef Savor Batonnet must undertake her very first quest as a newly minted hero. But are being called a 'hero' and a handful of skills all the ingredients Savor needs to face five deadly restaurants, build the ultimate knife, [and] save both her parents and the woman she loves?"--

This story is told in dual perspective by Miriam (a second-generation Iranian immigrant living in Edinburgh with her family) and George (a visitor from Wales). Their relationship throughout the decades mirrors the Beatles’s. In the other stories in this book, thematically bound by relationship flux and the impact of culture, Dean experiments beautifully with style and storytelling devices in each piece.