Born to Rock, Gordon Korman
Born to Rock, Gordon Korman
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Born to Rock

Author: Gordon Korman

Narrator: Billy Hammond

Unabridged: 5 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 04/01/2006

Synopsis

Leo Caraway-high school senior, president of the Young Republicans club, 4.0 GPA, future Harvard student-had his entire future perfectly planned out. That was, until the X factor. As in Marion X. McMurphy, aka King Maggot, the lead singer of Purge, the most popular, most destructive band punk rock has ever seen. He's also Leo's biological father. When Leo discovers that his real father is a punk rock legend, he is disgusted. Not only is Leo not a punk rock fan, but he believes the X factor (the Maggot blood that is running through his veins) is a dangerous time bomb just waiting to explode. And sure enough it does-Leo stubbornly defends the unlikeliest of people, thereby getting himself falsely accused of cheating on a test. Because of the blemish on his record, the once star pupil finds his scholarship to Harvard taken away. So he hatches the crazy plan of going on tour with King Maggot for Purge's summer revival tour, all the while secretly hoping to convince Maggot to pay for his tuition. But life on the road is even crazier than Leo ever bargained for, and before the summer is out, he will finally discover the surprising truth about his dad, his friends, and most important, himself.

About Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman wrote his first book when he was just fourteen years old. Since then, he has written over fifty-five popular young adult and middle grade novels, including the New York Times #1 bestselling THE 39 CLUES: ONE FALSE NOTE, THE JUVIE THREE, SCHOOLED, SON OF THE MOB (an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults), BORN TO ROCK, and NO MORE DEAD DOGS. Gordon lives with his family on Long Island.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay

"You know what punk is? A bunch of no-talent guys who really, really want to be in a band. Nobody reads music, nobody plays the mandolin, and you're too dumb to write songs about mythology or Middle Earth. So what's your style? Three chords, cranked out fast and loud and distorted because your instr......more

Goodreads review by Eileen

Born to Rock was an amusing read. The idea of a Harvard bound young Republican from Connecticut on tour as a roadie with a notorious punk band sounds like the set up for a much funnier novel than Born to Rock. Somehow, Korman’s book fell a bit flat in the humor department for me. I’m not sure teens......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

I had a really weird experience with this book. You see, I remember reading Korman's books back when I was in grade school, and assumed that he is now getting on in years. So I was intrigued by the book, but also filled with trepidation that it would be full of outdated slang and a sort of "Kids tod......more

Goodreads review by Andy

As far as YA books go, Korman is pretty much where it's at. Born to Rock is no exception. He manages to write about punk rock and the 80's without mentioning one curse word. He writes about love, drugs, womanizing, republicans, and crashing through windows on motorcycles and never once goes into any......more

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