Friends, Fugues, and Fortune Cookies

Friends, Fugues, and Fortune Cookies
Author: Michelle Schusterman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0448456842

The word "heart" in the series statement appears as the heart symbol.

Friends, Fugues, and Fortune Cookies #2

Friends, Fugues, and Fortune Cookies #2
Author: Michelle Schusterman
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2014-01-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0698167422

Band Geeks unite in this fresh new middle-grade series by debut author (and former band director) Michelle Schusterman! The band’s bake-sale fund-raiser pits the sections against each other, and Holly is positive the brass section will win. After all, the two most competitive kids in band are Holly and Natasha. When Holly hears a rumor that Aaron Cook is going to ask her to the winter dance, she’s ecstatic. So when Aaron asks Natasha to the dance, Holly thinks she can’t feel much worse. When a small disaster sets the brass section way behind in the band’s bake sale, Holly gets a brilliant idea that’s guaranteed to help them win—and with a little good fortune, it might save Holly’s friendship with Natasha, too!

I [heart] Band!

I [heart] Band!
Author: Michelle Schusterman
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0448456834

The word "heart" in the title and series statement appears as the heart symbol.

Spell and Spindle

Spell and Spindle
Author: Michelle Schusterman
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2018-07-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399550720

Doll Bones meets Splendors and Glooms as a boy who trades bodies with a wooden marionette. . . . The Museum of Peculiar Arts holds many oddities--a mechanical heart, a diary bound in its owner's skin . . . and Penny, a child-size marionette who almost looks alive. Fog clouds Penny's memories from before the museum, but she catches glimpses here and there: a stage, deep red curtains, long-fingered hands gripping her strings. One day, a boy named Chance touches Penny's strings and hears her voice in his head. Penny can listen, and watch, and think? Now someone else is watching Penny and Chance--a man with a sharp face, a puppeteer who has the tools to change things. A string through a needle. A twist of a spindle. And suddenly Chance is trapped in Penny's marionette body, while Penny is free to run and dance. She knows that finding a way to switch back is the right thing to do. But this body feels so wonderful, so full of life! How can Penny ever return to her puppet shell?

I Heart Band #1

I Heart Band #1
Author: Michelle Schusterman
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2014-01-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0698167414

Band Geeks unite in this fresh new middle-grade series by debut author (and former band director) Michelle Schusterman! Holly Mead’s first day of seventh grade isn’t going as planned. Her brother ruins her carefully chosen outfit, she’s almost late, and her new band director has some surprisingly strict rules. Worst of all, it seems like her best friend, Julia, has replaced her with Natasha, the pretty, smart, new French horn player! Holly is determined to get first chair, but Natasha is turning out to be some pretty stiff competition—and not just in band. Band might be a competition, but friendship isn’t—and Holly needs to figure it out before she loses Julia for good.

Olive and the Backstage Ghost

Olive and the Backstage Ghost
Author: Michelle Schusterman
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2017-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399550682

A ghost story with a literary heart for fans of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and The Graveyard Book. Theater kids and ghost-story readers alike will find new meaning in the term stage fright. All great theaters have their ghosts. . . . After Olive Preiss freezes during a theater camp audition, she flees in despair. She finds herself at Maudeville, a beautiful old theater that she’s never noticed before. She enters, goes onstage, and sings her song. “Thank you for that lovely audition, darling,” comes a voice from the shadows. “I believe I have just the part for you.” Olive is thrilled to work with Maude Devore, the glamorous actress who owns the theater, and her eclectic cast of misfits. Yet gradually there are signs that Maudeville isn’t exactly what it seems. Sometimes—just for a moment!—it feels wrong. As opening day approaches, Olive’s doubts and fears grow. But no matter what, this show must go on . . . and on . . . and on. . . . “Richly drawn . . . a haunting and ethereal tale.” —Booklist, Starred Review

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Dress

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Dress
Author: Shani Petroff
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2010-01-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101171537

Angel Garret knows two things for sure. The first is that she inherited some of her dad's powers. The second is that she wreaks havoc whenever she tries to use them - especially when she's trying to impress her crush, Cole. Angel's only solution is to stay as far away as possible from him until she learns how to harness this new gift. But how can you manage to avoid someone and get him to ask you to the Turkey Ball at the same time?

Crushes, Codas, and Corsages #4

Crushes, Codas, and Corsages #4
Author: Michelle Schusterman
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 109
Release: 2014-09-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0698193067

Former band director Michelle Schusterman ends her adorable series about middleschool band geeks with the perfect coda! The band has been preparing for their big regional competition all year and it's time for all of their work to pay off. On top of preparing for competition, Holly is excited to go to the Spring Dance with Owen, but is he still interested after meeting a new girl at art camp over spring break? Holly and friends band together to have an amazing end to their seventh grade year.

Hollywood #2

Hollywood #2
Author: Samantha M. Clark
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2021-06-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593225279

Set in modern-day California, this American Horse Tale is the story of a young girl who, along with her family's horse, is destined for the big screen. Juniper is a young girl who dreams of making it big in the movies along with her horse, Able. In particular, Juniper is obsessed with getting Able onto her favorite television show, Castle MacAvoy, and will do anything, even slay dragons, to make that happen. Hollywood is part of a series of books written by several authors highlighting the unique relationships between young girls and their horses.

Twice as Nice

Twice as Nice
Author: Lin Oliver
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0448464470

When thirteen-year-old Charlie compromises her values to help Lauren, one of the popular girls, cheat on a test, her identical twin sister, Sammie, is inadvertantly pulled into the mess.