Born to Rock (Paperback)

from lkerr

My 8th grade daughter loved this book! Leo is a straight and narrow teen that is on his way to Harvard on scholarship. When falsely accused of cheating on a test, he loses his scholarship. He decides to spend the summer working as a roadie for his aging father's punk rock band, Purge. Leo's plan ...

from readerspeak

Gordon Korman is one of my favorite YA authors. His style is light and casual with a good dose of humor. I immediately cared for Leo who finds out his "biodad" is King Maggot of 80s punk fame. A good quick read with a twist at the end I didn't see coming. Rocking fun!

from sweetiegherkin

Leo, member of the young Republicans and Ivy League-bound, finds out that his biological father is actually a punk rocker known as "King Maggot" and spends the summer before college touring around the country with him. This book was a ride. For starters, I was used to Korman's middle grade reader...

from cattwing

Protagonist Leo, role model student, behaved son, and an all around "average joe," spends the wildest summer of his life with his new-found punk rock-star bio-dad. The characters are average, and the plot predictable though satisfying. What kept me reading this book however, was the engaging and ...

from TechiMi

Leo Caraway considers himself to be at a slight disadvantage. You see, he has a genetic hijacker in his bloodstream--and how can he be held responsible? He knows nothing about the man who contributed half of his DNA, other than his name, which he really only stumbled onto by chance. Until he read...