Andria’s Comments (group member since Jul 03, 2012)

Andria’s comments from the What's the Name of That Book??? group.

Todd Strasser has a trilogy from the 80s about a teenage rock band. I don't know if they're siblings or not. (edit: they're not)

Rock 'n' Roll Nights is the first one. Sequels are Turn it Up and WILD LIFE

Edit: book two in this series is listed on GR as Gib Power. Perhaps reissued w/ different title?

Not an exact match to the plot you described, but in case you're misremembering some details: Losing Louisa ?

Maybe Skyborn?

The Demon King, maybe?

A guess: The Tea House on Mulberry Street ?

Liralen - They are!! SO over the top. You can usually find them cheap on Amazon. The big difference between the two is in Benton's books the characters have all kinds of horrific experiences: runaways, prostitution, teen pregnancy, drug addiction, etc... but at the very end they find Jesus and are saved. It's VERY unintentionally hilarious how they go from rock bottom to Good Christian with lightning speed in the last 5 pages of every book.

This may be one of the books by Jack W. Thomas. They all have similar plots, with runaways, drugs, prostitution. Maybe one of the titles will jog your memory.

No worries, Sara. I'll move the thread for you. :)

The Story of MR Sommer By Patrick Suskind ?

The main character of Runaway's Diary is named Cat. There's a spoiler here: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/in... that gives some details of the ending that may jog your memory.

Hairstyles of the Damned

Was it a shattered doll face, maybe?

The Kirkus review for Shadows says that the ending of it is virtually the same as the movie The Lawnmower Man. Unfortunately I haven't seen that film, but perhaps this clue will help?

Hooray! I'll move this to "solved" for you.

Sounds EXACTLY like Grounding of Group Six. Only it wasn't summer camp, it was an exclusive boarding school, and the group went on a "special" camping trip before school started.

(it was one of my absolute favorites as a teen!)

Maybe Mrs. Demming and the Mythical Beast?

Nevermind, I did a little more digging and it seems I was wrong and it is a teen book. I'll move it.

Cool. I've shelved it as adult fiction b/c I don't think it's technically YA/Teen.

So, Shabaz is definitely the book, Lena? I will move this to Solved if so.

hah! Every once in awhile I'll see a notification pop up and know right away which book they're looking for. I didn't even notice what folder it was in, I was so trigger-happy to answer. :)