ISSN: Solo (CD-Audio)

from lilibrarian

Blade Morrison is the son of a rock musician. His mother died when he was 8, and his father is an alcoholic with a drug problem and an embarrassment. The bright spot in his life is his girlfriend, who he sees in spite of her father's prohibition. Then, the summer after he graduates high school, e...

from JRlibrary

A highly enjoyable read featuring many references to tock and roll. Blade, who believes he is the son of a rock ‘n' roll guitarist, finds out that he is adopted and sets out to meet his biological mother. At that time she is in Ghana helping villagers. He travels there and is surprised when his f...

from ewyatt

Blade has had enough with his dad and his rock-star largess, addition, tabloid fodder. When Rutherford ruins Blade's graduation he feels like it is the last straw, and that is before Blake finds out he is adoption and his girlfriend's love isn't as true as he thought. Blade finds himself on an un...

from benuathanasia

I'm not a fan of spoken-word poetry. I held that against this book far longer than it deserved. Once I could get over the spoken-word poetry format of this book it became... It was... It defies words. The words swirled around inside my skin, choked my heart, stole my breath. It was so amazing.

from DonnaMarieMerritt

Spoiler Alert. My admiration for Kwame Alexander's work continues to grow. This book was written with Mary Rand Hess, so I need to check out more of her books as well. Many stories are told from the point of view of characters living in poverty, but Solo is a YA novel in verse about a teen who is...