So, what I really wanted to highlight today is that April 11 is BARBERSHOP QUARTET DAY, which is pretty much the coolest thing ever. Sadly, I couldn't think of a YA book that featured a barbershop quartet—let me know if I missed one!—and I hope that some author out there GETS ON THAT, STAT.
So, instead, in honor of the safety pin, I'll point you back to a pair of books that paint very different pictures of the punk rock lifestyle: Gordon Korman's Born to Rock, in which Leo Caraway, young Republican, spends the summer on tour with his father (the illustrious King Maggot), and the band Purge; and Micol and David Ostow's So Punk Rock (and Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother), in which a group of students from Leo R. Gittleman Jewish Day School start a band and gain a little bit of fame and a whole lot of swollen egos.
I know there are plenty more, but those were the first two that came to mind. Any other favorites?
How about PUNK FARM? ("Thank you, Wisconsin!") Also Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, and Never Mind the Goldbergs by Matthue Roth -- because doesn't every list need TWO Orthodox YA punk rock novels?
Posted by: marjorie | 11 April 2013 at 03:27 PM
Oh, YAY for Punk Farm! (Now that I'm not in an public library anymore, I forget to consider the picture book realm when thinking about these things.) Krosoczka is so, so much fun!
Double yes on Nick & Norah, of course, and I totally forgot about Never Mind the Goldbergs: good call!
Posted by: Leila | 12 April 2013 at 10:24 AM