Second Fiddle by Rosanne Parry

Second Fiddle by Rosanne Parry
Random House Books for Children
2011
233p.

Six months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, three eighth-grade girls living on an American military base with their families in Berlin try to save a Russian soldier, who has been beaten and left for dead, by smuggling him to Paris, where they are going to perform in a music competition.

Ten Miles Past Normal by Francis O'Roark Dowell

Ten Miles Past Normal by Francis O'Roark Dowell
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
2011
211p.

Because living with "modern-hippy" parents on a goat farm means fourteen-year-old Janie Gorman cannot have a normal high school life, she tries joining Jam Band, making friends with Monster, and spending time with elderly former civil rights workers.

Roots and Blues by Arnold Adoff

Roots and Blues: A Celebration by Arnold Adoff
Clarion Books
2011
86p.

Four Seasons by Jane Breskin Zalben

Four Seasons by Jane Breskin Zalben

Alfred A. Knopf

2011

322p.

Over the course of a year, thirteen-year-old Allegra Katz, a student at the demanding Julliard School and the daughter of two musicians, tries to decide whether she wants to continue to pursue a career as a concert pianist or to do something else with her life.

Music Was It by Susan Goldman Rubin

Music Was it: Young Leonard Bernstein by Susan Goldman Rubin

Charlesbridge

2011

178p.

Biography of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.

Mindblind by Jennifer Roy

Mindblind by Jennifer Roy

Marshall Cavendish
2010
248 p.

Summary:  Fourteen-year-old Nathaniel Clark, who has Asperger's Syndrome, tries to prove that he is a genius by writing songs for his rock band, so that he can become a member of the prestigious Aldus Institute, the premier organization for the profoundly gifted.