We Built This City, Cat Patrick
We Built This City, Cat Patrick
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We Built This City

Author: Cat Patrick

Narrator: Jorjeana Marie

Unabridged: 5 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/02/2024


Synopsis

Award-winning author Cat Patrick returns with a charming tale full of first crushes and new friendships, as one girl learns a little more about who she is and who she wants to be all while on the road trip of lifetime.

It’s the summer of 1985, when air guitar, jelly bracelets, and huge hair are all the rage, and twelve-year-old Stevie is finally old enough to go on her performing troupe’s annual cross-country tour. Twenty-six teen cast members will lip-synch and dance their way through more than twenty cities, and Stevie and her best friend, Wes, can’t wait—for more reasons than one!

About The Author

Cat Patrick is the author of Tornado Brain, a critically acclaimed Summer 2020 Kids' Indie Next List selection, and several books for young adults, including Forgotten, Revived, and The Originals. Cat lives outside of Seattle with her family but was born and raised in Wyoming.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Shannon on April 04, 2024

This was a super fun middle grade novel set in 1985 that sees a young singing group touring the country. There is tons of 80s nostalgia and classic rock song references in this book plus great disability rep (a side character has epilepsy and another character's parents are both deaf). Good on audio......more

Goodreads review by Mary on March 18, 2024

Twelve year old Stevie is not the most confident young person in her daily life, but she steps out of her shell when she is performing onstage. It is August 1985, and Stevie is on a cross-country road trip with several other teens to perform as Synchronicity in cities all across the eastern United S......more

Goodreads review by Paula on March 19, 2024

This book was fantastic. Set in 1985, We Built This City follows Stevie, a tween member of a teen lip sync & dance group traveling across the country over the summer. This book does a great job of capturing the spirit of the 80s. I am so jealous I was never in a traveling lip synching group as a kid......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on April 29, 2024

Closer to 3 stars but I’ll round up. You had me at the title and summer of 1985. This was a cute read with some fun nostalgia. It’s lighter than the middle grade I usually gravitate towards. I thought I might scream, though, if I had to read the word “rad” one more time. I think the author used it m......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on August 27, 2024

It's 1985, and Stevie (12) finally gets to go on the month-long tour with her lip sync group, Synchroncity. The 80's vibes are in full force with the clothes styles, the high hair, and the music, which all find their way to the stage with the group performs. Stevie is determined to get Kasey Kasem i......more


Quotes

“A 12-year-old girl learns about friendship and romance during her lip-sync performance group’s 1985 summer tour… A sweet, exuberant story.”—Kirkus

"In a road-trip novel that’s …deeply joyful, Patrick captures the thrills and anxieties of performing onstage—and all the complicated relationships that go on behind the scenes. The prose is at times darkly funny and at others affecting…Though Stevie’s attempts at first romance take center stage, it’s most rewarding to watch her confidence grow as she slowly builds connections with her castmates and realizes that strong friendships can be as vital as first love."—The Horn Book