Children's books with a musical theme: Middle school
This guide lists children's books and young adult literature about music and musicians.
Middle school
- The Kingdom of Back by Marie LuPublication Date: 2021Lexile measure 790HL; ages 12 and up; Gr.7-9.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu comes a historical YA fantasy about a musical prodigy and the dangerous lengths she'll go to make history remember her. - All Summer Long by Hope LarsonCall Number: Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN6727 .L368 A65 2018Lexile measure GN250L; Ages 10-12; Gr.5-8.
Thirteen-year-old Bina has a long summer ahead of her. She and her best friend, Austin, usually do everything together, but he's off to soccer camp for a month, and he's been acting kind of weird lately anyway. - Music was IT : young Leonard Bernstein by Susan Goldman RubinPublication Date: 2011Guided Reading Level X, Lexile measure 970, ages 11-16, gr. 5-9.
Beginning with Lenny's childhood in Boston and ending with his triumphant conducting debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic when he was just twenty-five, MUSIC WAS IT draws readers into the energetic, passionate, challenging, music-filled life of young Leonard Bernstein. - This Land Was Made for You and Me by Elizabeth Partridge (Illustrator)Call Number: Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .G88 P37 2002Guided Reading Level: Z; Lexile measure 1020; ages 12-up; book level 7.
Before Springsteen and before Dylan, there was Woody Guthrie. With "This Machine Kills Fascists," scrawled across his guitar in big black letters, Woody Guthrie brilliantly captured in song the experience of twentieth-century America. Whether he sang about union organizers, migrant workers, or war, Woody took his inspiration from the plight of the people around him as well as from his own tragic childhood.
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