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June of Rock
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Elisa Ludwig (Goodreads Author)
Fresh out of 10th grade and freshly dumped by her dreamboat music nerd boyfriend Micah, June Dixon is headed to Camp Decibelle for the summer. The girls-only rock camp sounds like the perfect destination for a budding drummer with a respectfully punk attitude — except for the “girls-only” part. Once at Decibelle, June is thrown in among her fellow campers, a hodgepodge of...more
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(first published July 21st 2011)
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This was such a fun book! I went into it knowing it was going to be a short, quick read, and I completely enjoyed it. June of Rock gives us the story of a teenage girl - June - who's on summer break from 10th grade and heading off to camp rock. June is a drummer with big dreams and a tad socially awkward. She doesn't make friends easily and her punk attitude has made her a bit of an outcast.
Right from the start I was completely immersed in June's narration. On top of her fabulous sense of humou...more
Right from the start I was completely immersed in June's narration. On top of her fabulous sense of humou...more
I loved this YA book by Elisa Ludwig. There are some YA books that make the younger teenage kids seem too air headed or the language isn't something that is really relatable. This is not the case with June of Rock.
I love the story that June is just wanting to rock out and pursue her dream. She has normal problems as a normal teenage girl, like boys and girl drama, but she pushes through to get to what shes wanted the whole time. Just to rock and be as great as she can be as a musician.
June has...more
I love the story that June is just wanting to rock out and pursue her dream. She has normal problems as a normal teenage girl, like boys and girl drama, but she pushes through to get to what shes wanted the whole time. Just to rock and be as great as she can be as a musician.
June has...more
This book was a very refreshing and enjoyable look at friends and relationships. June, who always feels like a misfit and doesn’t belong anywhere, finally feels like she finds her niche when she goes away to a summer rock camp, just for girls. However, while there, she discovers that her new friends may not be friends at all and while she pines for the boy she left behind, even though he dumped her, she can’t stop from thinking of him.
While taking various classes from writing lyrics to learning...more
While taking various classes from writing lyrics to learning...more
Now THAT was a fun book. If you guys have read any of my past reviews, you know that I’m a huge fan of old school punk and girl bands. The SHADE series by Jeri Smith-Ready is my favorite partly because it makes me feel like I’m back in high school with references to my fave music and the band scene. And JUNE OF ROCK was brilliantly executed with a fun, smart voice and super cool plot that did just that.
June was easy for me to relate to. I was so much like her when I was younger. I had exactly on...more
June was easy for me to relate to. I was so much like her when I was younger. I had exactly on...more
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After I read few good reviews on blogs and websites I decided to buy this ebook. The music was the password.
I can only agree with The good reviews because this book rocks!
June is a character with trouble to have confidence in people. She can't really trust people easily around her ans she's not friend with girls. Also, even if the reader is not like the character for some reasons we like her and even understand her. But, maybe because I'm not 15 or 16 anym...more
After I read few good reviews on blogs and websites I decided to buy this ebook. The music was the password.
I can only agree with The good reviews because this book rocks!
June is a character with trouble to have confidence in people. She can't really trust people easily around her ans she's not friend with girls. Also, even if the reader is not like the character for some reasons we like her and even understand her. But, maybe because I'm not 15 or 16 anym...more
I’ve got two words for this book: rock on!
I knew I’d have an affinity with this book when I started reading it as I was a teen girl drummer, just like June, and always found myself torn between being ultra cool and ultra weird. Having read June of Rock, however, I now really want to pick up my sticks again! June has such a wonderful, strong voice and is the perfect heroine with plenty of flaws but you love her anyway. She starts the book in a pretty bad way and throughout the story makes some pr...more
I knew I’d have an affinity with this book when I started reading it as I was a teen girl drummer, just like June, and always found myself torn between being ultra cool and ultra weird. Having read June of Rock, however, I now really want to pick up my sticks again! June has such a wonderful, strong voice and is the perfect heroine with plenty of flaws but you love her anyway. She starts the book in a pretty bad way and throughout the story makes some pr...more
A great change of pace, Ludwig has written a novel that is fresh and upbeat from the normal scale of what is out there. It's so nice to read something so different from the usual normal books out. Sometimes it just seems like many start to be about the same thing, with a different twist at the end. This one doesn't start like any other, nor end like any other. Fresh and funky!
Right before June is about to go off to camp for the summer, her boyfriend and fellow music lover, Micah dumped her. As...more
Right before June is about to go off to camp for the summer, her boyfriend and fellow music lover, Micah dumped her. As...more
June of Rock was exactly the kind of book I needed to come up next in my rotation! After a string of intense, highly emotional books, I was in serious need of something to lift my literary spirits. June of Rock did just that!
June was a kick ass main character who, excuse the pun, ROCKED! She's cheeky, no nonsense and socially awkward, especially when it comes to making friends with other girls. Her character reminded me a lot of Juno with her quick wit and sarcasm. She tends to come off as bitc...more
June was a kick ass main character who, excuse the pun, ROCKED! She's cheeky, no nonsense and socially awkward, especially when it comes to making friends with other girls. Her character reminded me a lot of Juno with her quick wit and sarcasm. She tends to come off as bitc...more
I will always be a fan of Disney Channel movies. There’s just something about them that brings a smile to my face and makes me happy. June of Rock, from the beginning, gave me the same feelings as those movies do.
Elisa Ludwig’s book touches on many young adult aspects I love reading about: camp and music. I’ve touched on this before, but I don’t listen to much music so generally speaking it’s either hit or miss for me with music related books. This book was a hit for me. I enjoyed the feelings J...more
Elisa Ludwig’s book touches on many young adult aspects I love reading about: camp and music. I’ve touched on this before, but I don’t listen to much music so generally speaking it’s either hit or miss for me with music related books. This book was a hit for me. I enjoyed the feelings J...more
I enjoyed this quite a bit, somewhat to my surprise, since June started out as a self-admitted bit of a hostile b. Her acknowledgement of that, and her attempts to move past it, are kind of a charming part of the story, as she becomes more accepting of what is really going on with her, her relationships, her fantasies about her Dad returning, and her attempts to make her rock fantasies become real. I went to a rock/guitar camp a few years ago, and although I'm not a teenage girl (obvs), June's e...more
I loved this YA book by Elisa Ludwig. There are some YA books that make the younger teenage kids seem too air headed or the language isn't something that is really relatable. This is not the case with June of Rock.
I love the story that June is just wanting to rock out and pursue her dream. She has normal problems as a normal teenage girl, like boys and girl drama, but she pushes through to get to what shes wanted the whole time. Just to rock and be as great as she can be as a musician.
June has...more
I love the story that June is just wanting to rock out and pursue her dream. She has normal problems as a normal teenage girl, like boys and girl drama, but she pushes through to get to what shes wanted the whole time. Just to rock and be as great as she can be as a musician.
June has...more
A nice story about June who is trying to discover herself in a camp only for girls who want to Rock. Good story for teens about how decisions play a roll in your life and become learning experiences.
funny and sincere- a great read for teens and adults alike
Great protagonist with an authentic teenage voice.
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My debut young adult novel PRETTY CROOKED (Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins) will be released in March 2012. Even though I had to extensively research pickpocketing techniques, I am a law-abiding citizen. I live in Philadelphia with my husband Jesse. I'm a proud member of The Apocalypsies, a group of children's book authors debuting in 2012.
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