(Paperback)

Music is a universal language. From pulse-pounding beats to emotional lyrics--it can change a mood, a perspective, a life. And that's particularly true for teens, for whom music can make sweeping and lasting impressions on first love, first heartbreak, soul-searching, and growing up.

(Paperback)

When their mother dies, two very different brothers become even more distant, but when their father's alcoholism sends him into liver failure, the two boys must come face-to-face with their demons--and each other--if they are going to survive an uncertain future.