August’s Recommended Books
(2009) Jon Skovron
Sammy's grandfather is losing it. His lead singer is an abusive tone-deaf bully, who for some reason thinks "Tragedy of Wisdom" is a good name for their band. And to top it all off, he and his best friend Jen5 have huge unrequited crushes on one another. So what's a poor rocker to do? Jon Skovron's Young Adult novel Struts & Frets is the hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking story of Sammy Bojar, who might just be next big thing out of Columbus Ohio, if his life can just stop getting in the way.
Rock & Roll Jihad: a Muslim Rock Star's Revolution for Peace
(2010) Salman Ahmad
When Salman Ahmad's family forced him to move back to Pakistan after an adolescence of rocking out in suburban New York, he assumed his dreams of being a musician were over. Little did he know that he would end up fronting two of Asia's largest rock bands, give Mick Jagger a guided tour of Lahore's red light district, and be invited by Kofi Annan to play a concert at the United Nations. Ahmad's autobiography describes his exhilarating rise to musical stardom, and the opposition he has faced for combining his his idealism, faith and love of ripping it up on the guitar.
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