Junk Magic and Guitar Dreams

Name: Junk Magic and Guitar Dreams
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: T. James Logan
ISBN: 9781662242014

Author: T. James Logan

Narrator: Ian Hawkins, Najah Johnson

Unabridged: 9 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Bear Paw Publishing

Published: 07/20/2020

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Performing Arts Stories

Synopsis

A guitar, a box of junk, and a pile of trouble...Fifteen-year-old Otter is in a dark place.Child Services wants to put him in foster care, or even a home for troubled youth.Living on his own, he’s one bad decision away from the street. His band’s first gig is only two weeks away, but his crush on their new lead singer has him tied in knots.Then he inherits a box of random junk from a dead grandfather he barely knew, only to discover that the junk is infused with his grandfather's memories. Can this "junk" help Otter win the girl of his dreams, reconnect with his family, and keep him out of juvenile detention...maybe even become a rock star?You’ll love this touching, contemporary fantasy because it will play your heart strings at concert volume.Get it now.______________________________“Love, loss, music, and magic, woven into an intricate pattern that smells like teen spirit. You don’t want to miss this heart-wrenching, atmospheric, gripping tale of grit, friendship, and a mystical family legacy that might be more of a curse than a gift. And did I mention music?” – Chris Mandeville, Author of the In Real Time YA time travel adventure series"Logan is a captivating storyteller from word one. Junk Magic and Guitar Dreams is a YA novel full of hope, adventure, grief, first love, self-doubt, self-discovery, triumph, and magic—everything I love in a book." —Rebecca Moesta, New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights series

Reviews

Goodreads review by The Resistance Bookclub on March 31, 2020

When Otter's mother dies of cancer and his grandpa dies shortly after a lot of things change and a lot of things don't. He still loves music, he is still poor and he still plans to make it big in the music business. But now he also has to (rather unsuccessfully) juggle school and making a living, dod......more

Goodreads review by Gilbert on July 13, 2020

Otter is a teenager who lives in poverty with his dying mother. They have family, but because of years-old enmity, Otter’s mother forbids him to turn to them for help. She’s so opposed to contact that she arranges for Otter to be emancipated rather than ask for their aid in taking care of him after......more

Goodreads review by JM on February 07, 2020

Received free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. It's funny how things change as you grow older. Reading this YA novel I kind of saw a bit of myself in Mike a.k.a. "Otter," the main character, since I was a bit like him a long time ago, but much to my surprise and a bit to my chagri......more

Goodreads review by Dubi on February 19, 2020

Otter has to grow up quickly after his mother dies. Even though she has taught him how to continue on as an emancipated teenager, he is after all a teenager, insecure and error prone. Otter gets unexpected help after his estranged grandfather passes away and bequeaths to him a box of junk that has t......more

Goodreads review by Wayne on February 25, 2020

**** SPOILER ALERT **** Logan takes us on a magical mystery tour in "Junk Magic And Guitar Dreams". The author's world building and character development is top notch as we ride along with Otter as he deals with loss, grief, love, dreams and growing up. We get to see Otter's grandfather help him from......more