| Description |
458 pages ; 22 cm |
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age Teenagers lcsh |
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eth African Americans lcdgt |
| Audience |
Young Adult. |
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640 Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader 4.2. |
| Summary |
Seventeen-year-old Blade endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past and navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity. |
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Solo tells the story of seventeen-year-old Blade Morrison, who knows the life of a rock star isn’t really about the glitz and glamour. All the new cars and money in the world can’t make up for the scathing tabloid covers or the fact that his father is struggling with just about every addiction under the sun—including a desperate desire to make a comeback and regain his former fame. Haunted by memories of his mother—who died when Blade was nine—and the ruin his father’s washed-up legacy and life have brought to the family, Blade is left to figure out life on his own. But, he’s not all alone: He’s got the friendship of a jazz-musician mentor, Robert; the secret love of a girlfriend, Chapel; and his music. All may not be well in the Morrison home, but things are looking up for Blade, until he discovers a deeply protected family secret—one that further threatens his relationship with his family and has him questioning his own identity. Thrown into a tailspin, Blade decides the only way he will understand his past and begin his future is to find out the truth behind the music and himself. He soon sets out on a journey that will change everything he thought to be true. His quest lands him in Ghana, stuck in a village just shy of where answers to the secret can be found. There, Blade discovers a friendship he couldn’t have imagined, a people founded in family and community, and a reconciliation he never expected. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR 4.2 5.0 191149. MCPL |
| Awards |
Nutmeg Book Award, nominee, Grades 9-12 High School, 2022. |
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NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth/Teens, 2018 |
| Subject |
Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction.
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Children of drug addicts -- Juvenile fiction.
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Family secrets -- Juvenile fiction.
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Reconciliation -- Juvenile fiction.
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Novels in verse
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Fathers and sons -- Fiction
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Family secrets -- Fiction
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Children of drug addicts. (OCoLC)fst01430026
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Family secrets. (OCoLC)fst01737651
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Fathers and sons. (OCoLC)fst00921899
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Reconciliation. (OCoLC)fst01091509
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| Genre/Form |
Novels in verse.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Novels in verse. (OCoLC)fst01921724
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Young adult works. (OCoLC)fst01726790
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Young adult fiction.
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Novels in verse.
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Novels.
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Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Hess, Mary Rand, author.
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| ISBN |
9780310761839 (hardcover) |
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0310761832 (hardcover) |
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9780310761846 (ITPE) |
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0310761840 (ITPE) |
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9780605990197 (permabound) |
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0605990190 (permabound) |
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