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The Resource Solo, Kwame Alexander, with mary Rand Hess, (electronic resource)

Solo, Kwame Alexander, with mary Rand Hess, (electronic resource)

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Seventeen-year-old Blade Morrison knows the life of a rock star isn't really about the glitz and glamour. All the new cars and money in the world can't make up for the scathing tabloid covers or the fact that his father is struggling with just about every addiction under the sun--including a desperate desire to make a comeback and regain his former fame. Haunted by memories of his mother--who died when Blade was nine--and the ruin his father's washed-up legacy and life have brought to the family, Blade is left to figure out life on his own. But, he's not all alone: He's got the friendship of a jazz-musician mentor, Robert; the secret love of a girlfriend, Chapel; and his music. All may not be well in the Morrison home, but things are looking up for Blade, until he discovers a deeply protected family secret--one that further threatens his relationship with his family and has him questioning his own identity. Thrown into a tailspin, Blade decides the only way he will understand his past and begin his future is to find out the truth behind the music and himself. He soon sets out on a journey that will change everything he thought to be true. His quest lands him in Ghana, stuck in a village just shy of where answers to the secret can be found. There, Blade discovers a friendship he couldn't have imagined, a people founded in family and community, and a reconciliation he never expected.With his signature intricacy, intimacy, and poetic style, Kwame Alexander explores what it means to finally come home
Language
eng
Work
Instance
Label
Solo
Title
Solo
Statement of responsibility
Kwame Alexander, with mary Rand Hess
Creator
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Author
Musician
Narrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Seventeen-year-old Blade Morrison knows the life of a rock star isn't really about the glitz and glamour. All the new cars and money in the world can't make up for the scathing tabloid covers or the fact that his father is struggling with just about every addiction under the sun--including a desperate desire to make a comeback and regain his former fame. Haunted by memories of his mother--who died when Blade was nine--and the ruin his father's washed-up legacy and life have brought to the family, Blade is left to figure out life on his own. But, he's not all alone: He's got the friendship of a jazz-musician mentor, Robert; the secret love of a girlfriend, Chapel; and his music. All may not be well in the Morrison home, but things are looking up for Blade, until he discovers a deeply protected family secret--one that further threatens his relationship with his family and has him questioning his own identity. Thrown into a tailspin, Blade decides the only way he will understand his past and begin his future is to find out the truth behind the music and himself. He soon sets out on a journey that will change everything he thought to be true. His quest lands him in Ghana, stuck in a village just shy of where answers to the secret can be found. There, Blade discovers a friendship he couldn't have imagined, a people founded in family and community, and a reconciliation he never expected.With his signature intricacy, intimacy, and poetic style, Kwame Alexander explores what it means to finally come home
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technical information on music
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TEFOD
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Alexander, Kwame
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[Fic]
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not applicable
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LC call number
PZ7.5.A44
LC item number
So 2017eab
Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
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not applicable
PerformerNote
Read by Kwame Alexander with music by Randy Preston
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Hess, Mary Rand
  • Preston, Randy
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  • Fathers and sons
  • Children of drug addicts
  • Family secrets
  • Reconciliation
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adolescent
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Solo, Kwame Alexander, with mary Rand Hess, (electronic resource)
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unknown
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unknown
Carrier category
online resource
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cr
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rdacarrier
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not applicable
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unknown
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spoken word
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spw
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rdacontent
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  • not applicable
  • unknown
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 sound file (04 hr., 01 min., 56 sec.))
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unknown
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online
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not applicable
Isbn
9780310761891
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not applicable
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unknown
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unknown
Media category
computer
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rdamedia
Media type code
c
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digital
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72756f42-f7f4-48e1-bc0f-5636b5c53a83
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not applicable
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unknown
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sound
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digital recording
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  • other
  • remote
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other
System control number
(OCoLC)999307223
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not applicable
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not applicable
Label
Solo, Kwame Alexander, with mary Rand Hess, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
  • not applicable
  • unknown
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 sound file (04 hr., 01 min., 56 sec.))
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9780310761891
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
unknown
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Other physical details
digital
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
72756f42-f7f4-48e1-bc0f-5636b5c53a83
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • other
  • remote
Speed
other
System control number
(OCoLC)999307223
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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