Drum Roll, Please
by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
Melly feels her world rocked in more ways than one in this novel steeped in authentic... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- LGBTQ+
Year Published 2018
Word Count 63,827
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 630L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 195679, 9.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Music
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | LGBTQ
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce
- Drum--Performance
- Drum--Performance--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship
- Performance
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Marriage & Divorce
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Drum--Performance--Juvenile fiction
- Drum
- Friendship in adolescence
- Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Music
- Infatuation
- Infatuation--Juvenile fiction
- Michigan
- Music camps--Juvenile fiction
- Infatuation--Fiction
- Family life
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Families
- Music camps--Fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Coming of age
- Camps
- Music camps
- Family life--Fiction
- Friendship
- JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Music
- Lists With This Book
- Great Middle School Reads
- LGBTQ Lives
- Find Your Voice!: iREAD Children
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Author 2
Author Interviews 2
Guest Post By Lisa Jenn Bigelow
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Guest Post By Lisa Jenn Bigelow
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Curriculum Connections from Vermont Department of Libraries
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Awards & Distinctions 2
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Middle Selection, 2018
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