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Jul 28, 2011

Karen rated it:

This book was really good. The movie (although I didn't see it) made me curious, so I decided to give the book a try. I really liked it. I'm not sure if I'd go as far as to say I LOVED it, but that's not because it lacked anything a good book should have. It just didn't spark with me.

The premise is a tad random, and the foundation of the entire plot seems a bit shaky, but I didn't mind. Just because what happened with Lemonade Mouth doesn't happen often, doesn't mean it can't happen More...

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Jul 14, 2011

Wendy F rated it:

Enjoyable! Exactly what I anticipated and didn't feel let down at all.

What I didn't like about the movie was made up for in this book, and what I didn't enjoy about the book the movie made up for.

If you want to read a fun book about a band of misfits who come together to start a Revolution, grab this. You're bound to connect to one of these characters. For me it was Olivia. The shy one who has a tough time being herself in front of people. It didn't hurt that I woul More...

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Apr 01, 2010

Brandi rated it:

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Lemonade Mouth
By Mark Peter Hughes

The legacy began in the basement of Opequonsett High School during detention. It was fortuitous that the five freshmen serving their time together being as they normally were not members of the detention-attending crowd. All it took was a radio commercial and a little improvising and then the monumental band, Lemonade Mouth, was born.

The band’s five members may run with different crowds More...

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Jul 04, 2009

Joanne rated it:

I am working my way through some of the books recommended by Kelly Gallagher in Readicide. This one was cited as a book that engages students who don't enjoy reading.

I will definitely keep this in my classroom library. The characters are "types" but I liked them all and cared about what happened to them.

I've read some of the reviews here that say it was tough keeping track of the narration because the POV kept changing. This is a common complaint among my high More...

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May 08, 2011

Grace rated it:

A quick read, with humorous overtones. I think most people would enjoy this. I wasn't too surprised with the plot or what happened. Hughes did a really good job with giving individual voices to his characters when he switched POVs, especially since it was all in first person. His writing style is humorous, and every POV had that humor. Yet he did manage to make each person have their own voice, as I said before, and only a few times did they seem to blend. It was seamless and very well done.
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Jun 26, 2009

Brandon rated it:

This book is just another one of those books, ya know? It does have some interesting elements, such as the point of view changing from character to character. This would be great, but the sheer boringness of some of these narrations will make you wish you rented the Care Bears movie. This book also is extremely hard to follow, and almost seems that the writer somehow had a laptop while falling off of a cliff and came up with this waste of my time. This gets beat by the Care Bears any day. At lea More...

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Apr 05, 2011

Marie rated it:

Wen, Olivia, Stella, and Charlie are awesome; they just have to realize it. Reminiscent of TV's new show, DeGrassi: The Next Generation, the story yanks readers along on a rollercoaster ride of humorous but touching predicaments with four awkward, misfit, uniquely talented teens. Fast and fun, Lemonade Mouth definitely makes you want to 'raise your cup--hold it high--lift it up.' Three cheers for Wen, Olivia, Charlie and Stella, and all other kids who are willing to at least try to be who they More...

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Aug 14, 2011

Melissa rated it:

Love this book. Read it after the Disney movie came out and really enjoyed the differences between the movie and the book.

"The members of the legendary band Lemonade Mouth have been called all of these things. But until now, nobody's known the inside story of how this powerhouse band came to be. How five outcasts in Opoquonsett High School's freshman class found each other, found the music, and went on to change both rock and roll and high school as we know it. Wen, Stella, Cha More...

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Aug 22, 2011

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This book was so amazing. I can't even say how amazing it was.

I like it because...

1. The characters were completely different from each other. I could tell who was talking when. Even though the book uses different fonts for a few characters.

2. The storyline was so random but honest you can't help but wonder if it actually happened

3. Stella. Flat out. She made me keep reading. Her writing voice was fantastic.

4.Fairly simple, not much you have to More...

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Nov 30, 2011

Travis rated it:

A book that finally tells all of the things that any of us who are not involved in sports, cheerleading, or other "acceptable" or "popular" cliques in high school already know: that way too much time and effort is placed on certain people, and that an obscene amount of resources are put into making sure that sports teams have everything they want, while the rest of the students in the school get all the scraps. This book is gutsy, funny, and ultimately relatable for most all More...

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Apr 12, 2011

Dashawn rated it:

This book is more funny than anything! I have read this book numerous times. The first time i read this book was in the 7th grade. The book was actually not a part of the curricular, we had to read this book because this was happening at my school. These kids decided to make a band but they were all nerds so nobody really paid attention to them. We would make fun of them or ignore them. When they performed at the talen show they were actually really good.
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Jun 02, 2011

Sloan rated it:

Oh. My. Gosh. I am in love. Lemonade Mouth is brilliant. A masterpiece. I watched the Disney Channel movie version and loved it. Then I went and got the book. Even better. I can't believe I've lived this long without reading this. Then I read the prequel to Lemonade Mouth. Great. I now want to play the electric ukulele, the trumpet, the timbales, and the double bass. I want to have a voice like a 3-pack-a-day smoker. I want to be Stella Penn. I want to be Olivia Whitehead. I want More...

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Nov 05, 2011

Danielle rated it:

I really wish it hadn't taken me so long to read this book. It wasn't because of lack of interest. College has just kept me so busy, that I've had very little time to actually read something for my own entertainment. But i made the time and I've read a good two thirds of this book in the past 24 hours. I found it very entertaining, and very relatable in the sense that these kids are all outcasts. It was a nice break from what i've been reading from school. It wasn't a typical YA read, and i like More...

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Dec 07, 2011

Amy rated it:

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Another freaking awesome book. Like Must Love Dogs, I saw the movie before reading the book, before even knowing there was a book. The difference between the two is that Both versions of Lemonade Mouth are excellent, despite some of the differences that exist (the movie was made by Disney after all). I loved how the story was told through mainly the band members' perspectives, with others when necessary. I lo More...

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Aug 02, 2011

Sonia rated it:

I hadn't heard of this book until Disney channel made a movie out of it (2011). (The movie was good--not quite as good as High School Musical but way better than Camp Rock 2).

Lemonade Mouth is a band of Five Rhode Island high schoolers who meet each other in detention and start playing music together. The point of view switches between these five and even, at times, to other students and teachers. Normally I wouldn't like this because it takes you out of one story and puts you in More...

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May 30, 2011

Kenaia rated it:

I loved Lemonade Mouth! Each character was so well-developed, and the story line was incredibly original. I've heard this book compared to The Breakfast Club, which I love, but the two have little in common besides the 'band of outcasts' factor. The best thing about this story was the fact that everything seemed to be perfect, a happy ending- but it wasn't. Then it was, but not in a fakey, all-is-wonderful way. I can't say any more without spoiling it, but read this book. It will change the way More...

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Sep 25, 2011

Jose rated it:

GO LEMONADE MOUTH!!! As I read this book I was able to compare the book with the movie (having seen the movie first). Honestly, the book was way better than the Disney Channel movie. I feel that to make the movie appropriate for children Disney took away some of the best parts of the book. While the movie (I feel) focused more on the band a a group, the book gave you a deeper insight into the characters as indivisuals. This effect was even further enhanced with the format of the book (letter/jou More...

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Jun 18, 2011

Natali rated it:

Awesome book, I loved it so much! It was so much fun to read and was absolutley hilarious! The author portrayed the social outcasts so well: they really were freaks and weird and just awkward kids. Its not like the "weird kids" these days in movies where the kid just thinks he's weird or ugly but only he thinks he's ugly and weird and everyone else sees that in reality there's nothing wrong with him and he's really super hot. No. These kids were shown as real social outcasts, like More...

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Mar 18, 2008

Alex rated it:

Lemonade Mouth was one of those pleasant surprises that show up in your to-read piles, something that you might not have picked up on your own, but when you are working through the stack...well sometimes you just have to cowboy up. I did and found myself totally enthralled with this group of misfit freshman who find themselves in detention and discover a common interest-music.
Wen, Charlie, Stella, Mo, and Olivia are freshman who when they come together in the music room, create a new sou More...

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Nov 02, 2007

Boyd rated it:

The story of five uncool kids who spark a revolution at their high school through their music and uniting all the uncool misfits under the banner of their band, Lemonade Mouth is a fun read. Probably the most interesting aspect of the book, stylistically, is that the point of view switches from one person to the next, sometimes as a frenetic pace. At times this works, but sometimes it falls flat.

It seems like there is a whole subgenre of YA fiction out now that involves uncool More...

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Sep 24, 2011

Kathleen rated it:

We watched the Disney TV movie first and quite liked it. I also quite liked the book, although jumping around to different POVs was jarring. Also, one of the characters was continually using "would of, could of, should of" in his narration, and that drives me CRAZY. I assume this was supposed to reflect the character's age and academic ability, but STILL.

If you've seen the movie, there are differences, but the basic story and themes are the same.

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Jan 02, 2008

Courtney rated it:

While the constantly shifting narrators was a distraction to me, I thoroughly enjoyed the story of the indie band that somehow changed music forever. How? Unlike other books that chart the band's conception, rise and fall ie Blake Nelson's Rockstar Superstar, this one focuses on complex relationships between various high school types. The first half reminded me most of the film The Breakfast Club. Once the band gets going and starts challenging the typical high school rock band, the school admin More...

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Sep 24, 2011

Shannon rated it:

I read this because my son was also reading it and it was his first foray into "young adult." I wanted to make sure it was appropriate... yeah, that's my excuse. Anyway, it was well written and wholly entertaining. A little more underlying darkness than the Disney adaptation, but that's hardly surprising. The characters were a lot more diverse in the book, and the way I imagined the music is probably way better than the movie stuff as well.

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Apr 25, 2011

Melissa rated it:

My daughter heard that Disney was coming out with the movie, so smart girl that she is, she went and got the book to read first. Finished it in a day - then I grabbed it. I suppose someday I'll watch the movie, but for now, I'm still reveling in the fun and unconventional factors in Mark's novel. Raised my very own cup of Mel's (Del's) Frozen Lemonade in celebration of the ukelele, timbales, and standing up for change.

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Jun 06, 2010

Christina rated it:

Local author making it big (sort of, this will be a Disney Channel movie that they are hacking the heck out of but whatever) and I felt I had to support. I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed the story. Yes, the narration changed hands frequently but each character was labeled and had their own style so wasn't hard to follow as some have complained. I thought it did a nice job of showing off the underdogs.

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Jan 07, 2010

Nancy rated it:

What happens when a bunch of freshman misfits end up in detention after school one day? They form a band and end up competing against the most popular senior rock band in a competition. Each student brings their own "quirkiness" to the group as they struggle to find their musical and personal identities. They stand up to the taunts and bullying of the seniors and find that they can be different and be accepted.

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Jun 29, 2009

Claudia rated it:

Hughes handles multiple voices here, and lets the members of the legendary band, LEMONADE MOUTH tell their own story. I think this will appeal to my high school readers. Dweeby freshmen, given no respect, living very complicated lives, accidentally end up in after-school detention together. And even MORE accidentally learn they make 'beautiful music' together...a stand-up bass, a trumpet, a ukelele, and an eclectic drum collection all back up a girl who's pathologically afraid to sing, yet she d More...

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Aug 20, 2011

Anne rated it:

Five high school freshmen meet in detention and end up forming a band that changes their lives. We hear their (and other students') voices as the band becomes a way for each of the members of "Lemonade Mouth" to work through family issues and find their own voice. Hughes has a good ear for dialogue and character.

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Jun 05, 2011

Ceemom99 rated it:

This was a great Young Adult novel about a group of high school freshmen starting a band. I liked all five of the main characters and I thought the author did a super job making them appear realistic and vulnerable. They also grew and became more confident in their relationships and in their music.

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Jan 24, 2011

Michael rated it:

On the surface, Lemonade Mouth is the story of five high school freshmen who meet in detention and form first a band and then a friendship. Underneath it’s the story of everyone who struggles to find out who he is, or where she belongs. Which, when you think of it, is what you do at that age, and you might surprise yourself, as these kids do. The story is told mostly from the varying points of view of the five main characters, along with a few others, each with a distinct style and voice and a p More...

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