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The Vinyl Underground

By: ROB RUFUS

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Paperback | 10 March 2020

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Paperback
336 Pages

Age
14 - 18

Grade
4 - 7

Dimensions(cm)
20.3 x 13.3 x 2.5

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A Vietnam-era Breakfast Club bonds over music and their distaste for the Vietnam War and decides to take a stand against the US government and the violent racism in their own town.

Dig it. During the tumultuous year of 1968, four teens are drawn together: Ronnie Bingham, who is grieving his brother’s death in Vietnam; Milo, Ronnie's bookish best friend; "Ramrod," a star athlete who is secretly avoiding the draft; and Hana, the new girl, a half-Japanese badass rock-n-roller whose presence doesn't sit well with their segregated high school. The four outcasts find sanctuary in "The Vinyl Underground," a record club where they spin music, joke, debate, and escape the stifling norms of their small southern town. But Ronnie's eighteenth birthday is looming. Together, they hatch a plan to keep Ronnie from being drafted. But when a horrific act of racial-charged violence rocks the gang to their core, they decide it's time for an epic act of rebellion.

Industry Reviews

"A novel about grand ideals and hard lessons." -Kirkus Reviews
"This book fuses these events in American history with a defiant rock-and-roll edge that will keep readers engrossed to the very end." -Booklist
"Big topics include alienation, grief, patriotism, racism, generational clashes, and the question of what heroism really is. Recommended."-School Library Connection
"Highly recommended, unforgettable historical fiction." -Historical Novels Society
"Rufus skillfully uses period details to recreate the cultural atmosphere of 1968."-Chapter16.org

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