Float

by Josiah Upton

Clyde Smitherson's new school year is off to a bad start. The lead singer of his band kicks him out, and strips him of the guitar he's been borrowing. With no job, no money, no girlfriend, and now no instrument, Clyde feels like his life is over.

But then his mentor gives him an unexpected gift, a supernatural guitar that allows the player to defy gravity. It isn't long before Clyde discovers other students wielding instruments with equally inexplicable traits, and he is thrown into the exciting yet dangerous world of Paranormal Music.

And things only get more complicated, when a record label specializing in "Paranormal Entertainment" invites him to participate in a unique battle-of-the-bands, pitting him against his former lead singer and the ruthless thug guitarist that replaced him. Lives will be changed as Clyde tangles with the corrupt record company, learns his mentor's dark past, and uses the competition to exact revenge and impress the girl of his dreams.

275 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 6, 2012

About the author

Josiah Upton is a man in his 30’s writing fiction for teens, and for people who never let their teenage spirit die. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas with his high-school-friend-turned-sweetheart wife and their three hurricanes disguised as sons.