Hall, Barbara

Sixteen-year-old Blanche forms a band that wins a spot at Coachella, a southern California music festival, where she hopes to reconnect with her father, a famous but reclusive musician who left when she was six years old.

Fourteen-year-old Dutch Peyton learns about growing up as her family struggles with a crippling drought and a painful past.

Instead of a car for her sixteenth birthday, Lynnie receives from her father a manuscript in which her deceased mother writes about family secrets, helping Lynnie to understand more about her parents and the complexity of growing up.

Fourteen-year-old Dutch Peyton learns about growing up as her family struggles with a crippling drought and a painful past.

Fourteen-year-old Dutch Peyton learns about growing up as her family struggles with a crippling drought and a painful past.

Recently divorced violin teacher Pearl Swain is forced to confront her own failures and the ghosts of her past when she learns her newest student, who has a talent and passion for music that Pearl has never seen before, is hiding a secret that could put them both in grave danger.

Fourteen-year-old Libby's efforts to figure out who she is are influenced by her relationships with family and friends in the small town where she lives.

Sixteen-year-old Tyler spends the summer dealing with his first love, the death of his father, and the mysterious happenings in the house across the cove.

No one knows that teenager Blanche Kelly is the daughter of an indie rock icon because he left their family when she was young. When Blanche and her successful all-girl band enter a prominent music competition, Blanche invites her father to hear them play. Suddenly everything Blanche believes about family, talent, and living out your dreams changes.

Instead of a car for her sixteenth birthday, Lynnie receives a manuscript from her father in which her deceased mother writes about family secrets, helping Lynnie to understand more about her parents and the complexity of growing up.