Shine!
(Sprache: Englisch)
Everyone deserves to shine in this sparkling book about a girl who's trying to find her place in the universe--and middle school--from the New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library!
Shine on! might be the...
Shine on! might be the...
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Everyone deserves to shine in this sparkling book about a girl who's trying to find her place in the universe--and middle school--from the New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library!Shine on! might be the catchphrase of twelve-year-old Piper's hero--astronaut, astronomer, and television host Nellie Dumont Frisse--but Piper knows the truth: some people are born to shine, and she's just not one of them. That fact has never been clearer than now, when her dad's new job has landed them both at Chumley Prep, a posh private school where everyone seems to be the best at something and where Piper definitely doesn't fit in.
Bursting with humor, heart, science, possibilities, and big questions, Shine! is a story about finding your place in the universe--a story about figuring out who you are and who you want to be. BONUS! Science experiment included!
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Some people are meant to shine.Others are better off blending in.
Me?
I m a blender. But tonight is one of the biggest nights ever for my dad, so I m here to help.
Dad s singers are onstage at the Municipal Auditorium, waiting for the curtain to rise. I m off in the wings, dressed in black, trying to disappear.
My dad, Marcus Milly, is a music teacher at Fairview Middle School. His a cappella group has finally, for the first time in recorded history, by some sort of miracle, made it all the way to the biggest show in town: the finals of the Winter Sing-Off.
The place is packed. The local news crews are here, too, taping reports for their eleven o clock broadcasts.
The finals! I hear the reporter from Channel 8 say into a camera. You can t get much closer to the big finish than that!
Dad s group sailed through the first two rounds with their mash-up of Let It Snow and Winter Wonderland, which, by the way, sounded even better on a stage sparkling with glittery spray-can snow. Now they just have to do one more song for the judges. And they ll do it without instruments or even a piano because that s what a cappella means. It s all vocals and schoop-schoops and mouth noises.
I don t go to Fairview. (I m a seventh grader at Westside.)
That s a good thing.
Music is Dad s life. And even though I m related to the director, I don t sing well enough to make the Fairview choir. Or any choir.
Because I can t carry a tune in a lunch box.
At home, I don t even sing in the shower.
And we definitely don t do carpool karaoke.
Anyway, like I said, Dad has never come this close to winning the big countywide holiday a cappella contest, and I ve never been more excited for him.
That s why I volunteered to be his assistant and help out backstage. Dad and his singers are the main attraction. I m just a moon
... mehr
orbiting their planet.
This is it, Piper, says Dad, his eyes twinkling with excitement.
You ve got this! I tell him.
We fist-bump on it.
The curtain will go up for everybody s final songs in seven minutes. I can see other choirs waiting in the wings. Some are in red-and-green outfits. Others in sparkling blue and silver. The backdrop is a row of Christmas trees flanked by a cardboard menorah and a Kwanzaa candle set.
Dad s group is totally focused, doing their vocal warm-ups.
Ah-oh-oo-oh-ah . . .
They limber up their lips with a tongue twister.
Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather . . .
Suddenly I hear a cough!
Dad twirls around. Now there s panic in his eyes.
One dry throat in the soprano section could ruin everything! That s exactly what happened at the Nationals last year. Dad and I watched it on YouTube. A coughing fit took down the top team in the country. (A girl up front was hacking so much during Let It Go that she sounded like a high-pitched Chihuahua.)
Water, Piper, Dad says. From the tremor in his voice, I can tell: he remembers that disaster, too.
Room-temperature water! I add, because my scientific brain knows that room-temperature water is much better for vocal cords than cold or hot.
Cold water could actually hurt a singer s voice--tighten the cords when they need to be loosened. You don t want hot water, either, because it can cause y
This is it, Piper, says Dad, his eyes twinkling with excitement.
You ve got this! I tell him.
We fist-bump on it.
The curtain will go up for everybody s final songs in seven minutes. I can see other choirs waiting in the wings. Some are in red-and-green outfits. Others in sparkling blue and silver. The backdrop is a row of Christmas trees flanked by a cardboard menorah and a Kwanzaa candle set.
Dad s group is totally focused, doing their vocal warm-ups.
Ah-oh-oo-oh-ah . . .
They limber up their lips with a tongue twister.
Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather . . .
Suddenly I hear a cough!
Dad twirls around. Now there s panic in his eyes.
One dry throat in the soprano section could ruin everything! That s exactly what happened at the Nationals last year. Dad and I watched it on YouTube. A coughing fit took down the top team in the country. (A girl up front was hacking so much during Let It Go that she sounded like a high-pitched Chihuahua.)
Water, Piper, Dad says. From the tremor in his voice, I can tell: he remembers that disaster, too.
Room-temperature water! I add, because my scientific brain knows that room-temperature water is much better for vocal cords than cold or hot.
Cold water could actually hurt a singer s voice--tighten the cords when they need to be loosened. You don t want hot water, either, because it can cause y
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Autoren-Porträt von J.J. Grabenstein, Chris Grabenstein
J.J. & CHRIS GRABENSTEIN are a husband-wife team. J.J. is an award-winning voice-over and stage performer. Chris is a New York Times bestselling author of many books, including the Mr. Lemoncello series, as well as the coauthor of numerous books with James Patterson, including Word of Mouse and Max Einstein. J.J. and Chris live in New York City. Visit them online at ChrisGrabenstein.com and on Twitter at @CGrabenstein.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: J.J. Grabenstein , Chris Grabenstein
- Altersempfehlung: 8 - 12 Jahre
- 2021, 240 Seiten, Maße: 13,2 x 19,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 1524717673
- ISBN-13: 9781524717674
- Erscheinungsdatum: 06.09.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"Shine! will put a smile on your heart. Read this book!" Jennifer L. Holm, New York Times bestselling author of The Fourteenth Goldfish"A crowd-pleasing reminder that kindness pays. Kirkus Reviews
This encouraging story of self-discovery celebrates friendship, kindness, and self-actualization. Publishers Weekly
This gentle book offers a wonderful reminder that kindness, generosity, and love far outweigh the importance of money, awards, and prestige. Booklist
A lighthearted and fast-paced book. The strong message about the power of kindness will be encouraging to readers, and fans of Grabenstein s Mr. Lemoncello series will enjoy a different kind of puzzle. School Library Journal,
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