$5 Amazon MP3 Credit (KSO)

This offer is only for those with a Kindle with Special Offers (including any Kindle Touch or Kindle Keyboard that opts in to Special Offers, but not Kindle Fire with Special Offers):

Get $5 to Spend on Digital Music at Amazon

Click on the offer, then click on the link on the offer page sign up and you'll get an email with the promotion code. Sign-up for this offer expires October 7, 2012.

You'll get an email (right away), a link to the Amazon MP3 store page, a promotion code and a link to the redemption page. This one works like a gift card and you need to apply the credit to your account first, before going shopping. Once you have entered the promotional code(s), you have until October 14, 2012 to complete your purchases.

I'd recommend that you apply the credit right away, since it works on any MP3 purchase - then you can shop on the web or from your phone or Kindle Fire and it will be used automatically. The exception would be if you have the MP3 Album for $3 credit on your account. These credits don't combine well (when I tried to buy my album, it ate up all my existing credit, rather than only $3, and I had to get customer service to help straighten it out). So, use that credit first, then apply this credit to your account.

Edit to add: I found the best way to ensure that your credits are being used the way you want: send your MP3 choice to yourself as a gift. On the first page you'll see the Amazon price (ignoring any promos or credits) and you enter your email address. On the next page (the confirmation page), you'll see the exact price you pay and any promos that are being used for the purchase. By doing this, you can make sure that aren't using $8 of credit for what should be a $3 album (which is what happened to me the first time). In order to use my $3 album credit, it looks like you need to make sure you don't have any coinstar credits first.

Today's Deals

Today's Kindle Daily Deal is What Happened to Sophie Wilder ($1.99), by Christopher Beha.

Book Description
Charlie Blakeman is living in New York, on Washington Square, struggling to write his second novel and floundering, when his college love, Sophie Wilder, returns to his life. Sophie, too, is struggling, though Charlie isn’t sure why. They’ve spoken only rarely since falling out a decade before. Now Sophie begins to tell Charlie the story of her life since then, particularly the days she spent taking care of a dying man with his own terrible past and the difficult decision he presented her with. When Sophie once again abruptly disappears, Charlie sets out to discover what happened to Sophie Wilder.

The Telling ($1.60 / £0.99 UK), by Jo Baker , is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $8.90).

Book Description
Her mother recently deceased, Rachel sets off alone for her family’s isolated country house in order to pack up and sell off the remnants of her estate. She tells herself the process will only take a few weeks, but from the moment she steps through the front door, Rachel feels that the house contains more than she had expected. Along with the memories of her mother, there is something else in the house, a presence trying to make itself felt. As Rachel struggles to put her mother’s affairs in order, she grows ever more convinced that the house holds a message for her. Can the ghosts of the past be nudging their way into the present, or is Rachel really beginning to lose her mind?

Miss New India ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), by Bharati Mukherjee, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.

Book Description
Anjali Bose’s prospects don’t look great. Born into a traditional lower-middle‑class family, she lives in a backwater town with only an arranged marriage on the horizon. But her ambition, charm, and fluency in language do not go unnoticed by her charismatic and influential expat teacher Peter Champion. And champion her he does, both to powerful people who can help her along the way and to Anjali herself, stirring in her a desire to take charge of her own destiny.

So she sets off to Bangalore, India’s fastest‑growing metropolis, and soon falls in with an audacious and ambitious crowd of young people, who have learned how to sound American by watching shows like Seinfeld in order to get jobs in call centers, where they quickly out‑earn their parents. And it is in this high‑tech city where Anjali — suddenly free of the confines of class, caste, and gender — is able to confront her past and reinvent herself. Of course, the seductive pull of life in the New India does not come without a dark side . . .

Young Mr. Obama: Chicago and the Making of a Black President ($9.99 Kindle, $1.99 B&N), by Edward McClelland, is the Nook Daily Find: Election 2012.

Book Description
Barack Obama's inspirational politics and personal mythology have overshadowed his fascinating history. Young Mr. Obama gives us the missing chapter: the portrait of the politician as a young leader, often too ambitious for his own good, but still equipped with a rare ability to inspire change. The route to the White House began on the streets of Chicago's South Side.

Edward McClelland, a veteran Chicago journalist, tells the real story of the first black president's political education in the capital of the African American political community. Obama's touch wasn't always golden, and the unflappable and charismatic campaigner we know today nearly derailed his political career with a disastrous run for Congress in 2000. Obama learned from his mistakes, and rebuilt his public persona. Young Mr. Obama is a masterpiece of political reporting, peeling away the audacity, the T-shirts, and the inspiring speeches to craft a compelling and surpassingly readable account of how local politics shaped a national leader.

Today's Kindle Kids Daily Deal is Fracture ($1.99), by Megan Miranda.

Book Description
Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine - despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it?

Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their gift a miracle, a freak of nature-or something much more frightening?

For fans of best-sellers like Before I Fall and If I Stay, this is a fascinating and heart-rending story about love and friendship and the fine line between life and death.

Age Level: 12 and up

Today's Deals

It's the start of a new month and Amazon has updated their 100 Kindle Books for $3.99 or less. Not as many cookbooks this time, although there is How to Grill: The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques, A Barbecue Bible! Cookbook for $2.99 and I see one that has been on my "paperback replacement wishlist" for a while: All New Square Foot Gardening ($2.99), by Mel Bartholomew. Neither is in Topaz format, either, for those that prefer Mobi or KF8 formats. No doubt several of them will end up dropping a few cents more by month end, but I also usually see at least one book disappear from the list on the first or second day, either due to the publisher not wanting their book to be steeply discounted or a certain number of sale copies being allocated.

The start of a new month also means there will be a flurry of new books today, so it may take me a while to get them all posted.

While they last, Google still has their last day's 25 cent apps up and Amazon had price matched several of them, including Spy Mouse, when I last checked.

Now free in the Kindle store in addition to B&N.

• Vegetarian 101 (K/N)
• Baking Basics and Beyond (K/N)
• Magazine - The Point (K/N)
• Out and Proud in Chicago (K/N)

Today's Kindle Daily Deal is Pour Your Heart Into It ($1.99), by Howard Schultz.

Book Description
The success of Starbucks Coffee Company is one of the most amazing business stories in decades. What started as a single store on Seattle’s waterfront has grown into a company with over sixteen hundred stores worldwide and a new one opening every single business day. Just as remarkable as this incredible growth is the fact that Starbucks has managed to maintain its renowned commitment to product excellence and employee satisfaction.

In Pour Your Heart Into It, CEO Howard Schultz illustrates the principles that have shaped the Starbucks phenomenon, sharing the wisdom he has gained from his quest to make great coffee part of the American experience. Marketers, managers, and aspiring entrepreneurs will discover how to turn passion into profit in this definitive chronicle of the company that “has changed everything . . . from our tastes to our language to the face of Main Street.” (Fortune)

Brighton Belle ($1.60 / £0.99 UK), a Mirabelle Bevan Mystery by Sara Sheridan, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $4.79).

Book Description
1951. Brighton. With the excitement of the war over and the Nazis brought to justice at Nuremberg, Mirabelle Bevan (retired Secret Service) thinks her skills are no longer required. After the death of her lover she moves to the seaside to put the past behind her and takes a job as a secretary at a debt collection agency run by the charismatic Big Ben McGuigan. But when confronted by the case of Romana Laszlo, a pregnant Hungarian refugee, Mirabelle discovers that her specialist knowledge is vital. With enthusiastic assistance from the pretty insurance clerk down the corridor, Vesta Churchill, Mirabelle follows a mysterious trail of gold sovereigns, betting scams and corpses to a dark corner of Austerity Britain where the forces of evil remain alive and well.

Room ($9.99 $2.99 Kindle, B&N), by Emma Donoghue, is the Nook Daily Find. ETA: Now price matched on Kindle.

Book Description
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.

Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.

Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, ROOM is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 ($9.99 Kindle, $2.99 B&N), by Hunter S. Thompson, is the Nook Daily Find: Election 2012.

Book Description
Forty years after its original publication, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 remains a cornerstone of American political journalism and one of the bestselling campaign books of all time. Hunter S. Thompson’s searing account of the battle for the 1972 presidency—from the Democratic primaries to the eventual showdown between George McGovern and Richard Nixon—is infused with the characteristic wit, intensity, and emotional engagement that made Thompson “the flamboyant apostle and avatar of gonzo journalism” (The New York Times). Hilarious, terrifying, insightful, and compulsively readable, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 is an epic political adventure that captures the feel of the American democratic process better than any other book ever written.

In recognition of National Bullying Prevention month, today's Kindle Young Readers Daily Deal features two empowering books for girls for only $1.99 each.

Stand Up for Yourself and Your Friends: Dealing with Bullies and Bossiness and Finding a Better Way, by Patti Kelley Criswell and Angela Martini (Illustrator)

This book teaches girls how to spot bullying and how to stand up and speak out against it. Quizzes, quotes from other girls, and "what do you do?" scenarios present advice in an age-appropriate, digestible way. The message in this book is that there is no one right way to deal with bullying. Instead, there are lots of options for girls to try, from ignoring a bully and trying a few clever comebacks to reporting bullying to a trusted adult. Readers learn how to stand up for others and be a good friend, too. The book ends with a pledge girls can sign, plus tear-out tips for girls to share with their parents.

Grade Level: 3 and up

Smart Girl's Guide to Sticky Situations, by American Girl Editors and Bonnie Timmons (Illustrator)

Girls will learn to take charge and feel confident in a variety of tough situations, from being threatened by a bully to getting caught in an earthquake to falling down the stairs at school. Problem-solving strategies and tips from experts empower girls, and warm writing and humorous illustrations keep the book's tone light.

Grade Level: 4 and up

Today's Deals

For those ho also have the mystery $200 "Kindle Editions" credit on their account, it seems to be for this: Save 20% on AmazonCrossing Books. "Customers who subscribed to the AmazonCrossing Delivers newsletter on or before August 30, 2012, are eligible for a special 20% discount on the titles shown below through December 31, 2012. This offer is good toward up to $1,000 in qualifying purchases, for a total potential savings of $200." So, it's a discount on only select books from AmazonCrossing (most of which I already have) in ebook or print form (and you'd have to buy quite a few print copies to use much of the credit, really). I've bought some AmazonCrossing books since the credit hit, but they weren't on this list, so the entire credit just sits there, taunting me.

This weekend's Fictionwise code is 092812 for 45% off.

Today's Kindle Daily Deal is Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog ($1.99), by Susannah Charleson.

Book Description
An unforgettable memoir from a search-and-rescue pilot and her spirited canine partner

In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Susannah Charleson clipped a photo from the newspaper of an exhausted canine handler, face buried in the fur of his search-and-rescue dog. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Susannah was so moved by the image that she decided to volunteer with a local canine team and soon discovered firsthand the long hours, nonexistent pay, and often heart-wrenching results they face. Once she qualified to train a dog of her own, she adopted Puzzle, a strong, bright Golden Retriever puppy who exhibited unique aptitudes as a working dog but who was less interested in the role of compliant house pet. Scent of the Missing is the story of Susannah and Puzzle’s adventures as they search for the missing—a lost teen, an Alzheimer’s patient wandering in the cold, signs of the crew amid the debris of the space shuttle Columbia disaster—and unravel the mystery of the bond between humans and dogs.

The Girl in the Painted Caravan ($1.61 / £0.99 UK), by Eva Petulengro, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $6.84).

Book Description
Born into a Romany gypsy family in 1939, Eva Petulengro’s childhood seemed to her to be idyllic in every way. She would travel the country with her family in their painted caravan and spend evenings by the fire as they sang and told stories of their past. She didn’t go to school or visit a doctor when she was unwell. Instead her family would gather wild herbs to make traditional remedies, hunt game and rabbits, and while the men tended horses to make a living, the young girls would join the women in reading palms. But Eva’s perfect world would be turned upside down as the countryside became increasingly hostile to all travellers. Eva describes the wonderful characters in her family, from her grandfather ‘Naughty’ Petulengro to her four beautiful aunts who entranced everyone they met, as well as the fascinating people they came across on the road. Moving, evocative, romantic and funny, The Girl in the Painted Caravan vividly captures a way of life that has now, sadly, all but disappeared.

Sugar Rush ($3.99 Kindle, B&N), the first title in Donna Kauffman's Cupcake Club romance series, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.

Book Description
Devil's Food. . .Angel Cake. . .Red Velvet. . .Praline Crunch. . .Lemon Chiffon. . . How's a woman to choose?

Luckily, the members of the Cupcake Club are about to taste it all. . .

When baker extraordinaire Leilani Trusdale left the bustle of New York City for Georgia's sleepy Sugarberry Island, she didn't expect her past to follow. Yet suddenly, her former boss, Baxter Dunne, aka Chef Hot Cakes, the man who taught her everything pastry, wants to film his hit cooking show in her tiny cupcakery. The same Chef Hot Cakes whose molten chocolate brown eyes and sexy British accent made Lani's mouth water and her cheeks blush the color of raspberry filling--stirring all kinds of kitchen gossip, much of which Lani wished was true. . .

Lani's friends are convinced that this time around, Baxter is the missing ingredient in her recipe for happiness. But convincing Lani will be a job for Baxter himself. And he'll need more than black velvet frosting to sweeten the deal. . .

The Constitution Made Easy ($10.16 Hardcover, $1.99 B&N), by Michael Holler, is the Nook Daily Find: Election 2012, price matched on Kindle. Originally self-pubilshed, this edition is published by Sterling, so there is no Kindle edition.

Book Description
Written by a fixture on the Tea Party rally circuit, and unofficially adopted by the Party as its U.S. Constitution guide, this book goes to the ultimate source for answers to the hot-button questions about how our nation is meant to be governed. Each spread pairs a page from the Constitution with a modernized version, clearing up the archaic legalese and making the meaning of the original accessible to anyone. An insightful introduction and detailed endnotes further illuminate the original principles outlined by the architects of the Constitution.

Today's Kindle Kids Daily Deal is all four novels in Wendy Corsi Staub's Lily Dale urban fantasy teen series for $1.99 apiece.

Awakening

Calla thought that her boyfriend breaking up with her in a text message was the worst thing that could ever happen to her. But just two weeks later, her mother died in a freak accident, and life as she knew it was completely over. With her father heading to California for a new job, they decide that Calla should spend a few weeks with the grandmother she barely knows while he gets them set up.

To Calla's shock, her mother's hometown of Lily Dale is a town full of psychics-including her grandmother. Suddenly, the fact that her mother never talked about her past takes on more mysterious overtones. The longer she stays in town, the stranger things become, as Calla starts to experience unusual and unsettling events that lead her to wonder whether she has inherited her grandmother's unique gift. Is it this gift that is making her suspect that her mother's death was more than an accident, or is it just an overactive imagination? Staying in Lily Dale is the only way to uncover the truth. But will Calla be able to deal with what she learns about her mother's past and her own future?

Believing

After spending the summer in Lily Dale, Calla has decided to stay for a few more months, and will soon be starting school at Lily Dale High. She's finally getting used to her new home and her newly realized gift. But lately, the visions occur much more frequently and have a greater sense of urgency. There may be someone who needs her help but there might also be a killer on the loose. Now that Calla believes in her own ability, can she learn to use it properly? And will she be able to learn more about her mother's mysterious death without putting herself in serious danger?

Connecting

Now that Calla has accepted her ability to communicate with the Other Side, she's desperate to connect with the spirit of her late mother. But she gets more than she bargained for when she stumbles across a shocking secret that will change her future forever.

Discovering

After finally learning who was behind her mother's death, Calla still doesn't understand why it happened. Somewhere out there, someone seems to share the powerful psychic abilities that allow Calla to see not only into the past, but to the Other Side-someone who apparently doesn't want to be found. Will Calla's journey lead to the closure she's been searching for, or will it force her to accept yet another loss and forever wonder what might have been? As new mysteries unfold and old ones are solved, this spine-tingling series continues. With an eye-catching new look, Wendy Corsi Staub's fans will not be disappointed.

Today's Deals

Sorry for the late post today, but I wasn't in all morning and the Kindle Fire definitely isn't a good choice for writing a lot text or for copying in links to these deals (although it surfs the web better than the iPad at the same place, which could not connect to the weak WiFi).

Another Kobo promo code, Save30Sep28, gets you 30% off specific crime books (may be US/UK only; exp. Oct 5).

If you pre-ordered JK Rowling's newest novel, The Casual Vacancy, you probably could not read it - as the only font choices are small enough to require a magnifying glass or so large a single word won't fit across the page. Hatchette has uploaded a new edition (and ignore any press/blogs telling you to try buying it again) and you need to go to the Manage Your Kindle page and click on the Actions button and choose to get the updated version. For other book readers, try re-downloading and see if that gets you the updated edition (as this was a problem in all the stores - apparently Hatchette didn't feel they should test the file before releasing it or thought that you should only get the print size the author preferred ... although who knows on which device). If you haven't ordered it yet, you might want to read thru the decidedly mixed reviews before doing so (and I know I'll be waiting for it to hit my library or for a large price drop, if I even read it at all). During this video of the author reading an excerpt, Rowling jokes that it is a very short work, as well; however, the Kindle edition claims to be about 400 pages, while the hardcover clocks in at over 500 pages (no doubt due to the use of the same overly large font size I always saw in the H.Potter print editions).

Download a free edition of The Devil's Dictionary at Copia and scribble your own definition into the margin using their app and you could win $2,000 in eBooks and eTextbooks.

The Audubon Insects & Spiders app, which works on Kindle Fire and most Android Tablets and phones, is 99 cents in the Amazon Appstore and on iTunes for those using Apples devices. Their Audubon Birds app is supposed to be on sale for $4.99, but it is $2.99 at Amazon as I type this.

At Google Play, the new day's list of 25 cent apps has been released. May not be price matches yet at Amazon (but they can be reported and will hopefully be matched by morning). I know I want to get Cut the Rope HD, but would much rather only pay 25 cents.

Today is the last day to take advantage of this KSO deal:

• $5 Instant Amazon Instant Video Credit (you can rent today and usually have up to 30 days to start watching, the 24-48 hours to watch)

Today's Kindle Daily Deal is 10 globetrotting mystery and thriller novels for just $1.99 each. "Featuring masterfully developed characters, tense action, and page-turning plot twists, the novels span a range of settings, from the austere and secretive confines of the Vatican to the wooded spaces of rural Maine, and more."

It's getting late, so I'm not going to list them all - click the link above and you'll get all ten on one page. There are some good deals and a couple I had picked out for a bargain post already and are now $2 less than when I looked yesterday.


Catcher, Caught ($1.61 / £0.99 UK), by Sarah Collins Honenberger, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $3.99/KLL Eligible). This was the Kindle Young Adult Deal in the US earlier this month and is part of the $3.99 or less sale for this month.

Book Description
After an earth-shattering diagnosis of leukemia, 15-year-old Daniel Landon sees a reflection of himself in the words of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Inspired by Holden Caulfield, Daniel begins to question the intentions and authority of those around him in his own search for identity as he faces death. Tired of his cramped surroundings and hippie parents’ alternative approaches to his treatment, he follows the footsteps of Caulfield to New York City in search of the same eternal truths, only to discover the importance of home when death looms. A coming of age story, a love story, and a new classic, Catcher, Caught will engage the imagination of more than one generation, searching for lasting values.

Threat Warning ($2.99 Kindle, B&N), the third title in John Gilstrap's Jonathan Grave series, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle and where you can get the companion audiobook for $4.95. The first in the series, No Mercy, was free on Kindle a couple of years ago and it and the second in the series, Hostage Zero, are both under $5 right now.

Book Description
In his most terrifying thriller yet, New York Times bestselling author John Gilstrap exposes the darkest threat to America’s freedom, a secret society of merciless killers, watching and waiting to strike…

The first victims are random. Ordinary citizens, fired upon at rush hour by unseen assassins. Caught in the crossfire of one of the attacks, rescue specialist Jonathan Grave spies a gunman getting away-with a mother and her young son as hostages. To free them, Grave and his team must enter the dark heart of a nationwide conspiracy. But their search goes beyond the frenzied schemes of a madman’s deadly ambitions. This time, it reaches all the way to the highest levels of power…

Home of the Brave: Honoring the Unsung Heroes in the War on Terror ($2.99 Kindle, B&N), by Caspar Weinberger, is the Nook Daily Find: Election 2012, price matched on Kindle.

Book Description

They are nineteen of the most highly decorated soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines in the United States military, and yet most Americans don't even know their names. In this riveting, intimate account, former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Wynton C. Hall tell stories of jaw-dropping heroism and hope in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Home of the Brave takes readers beyond the bullets and battles and into the hearts and minds of the men and women who are fighting terrorists overseas so that America doesn't have to fight them at home. These are the powerful, true-life stories of the hopes, fears, and triumphs these men and women experienced fighting the War on Terror. But more than that, these are the stories of soldiers who risked everything to save lives and defend freedom. Including:

• Lieutenant Colonel Mark Mitchell, the Green Beret leader whose 15-man Special Forces team took 500 Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners, and posthumously repatriated the body of the first American to die in combat in the War on Terror, CIA agent Johnny "Mike" Spann.
• Army National Guard Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester, the first woman ever to be awarded the Silver Star for combat, whose sharp-shooting and bravery played an enormous role in fighting off over fifty Iraqi insurgents while her ten-person squad protected a convoy of supplies on the way to fellow soldiers.
• Sergeant Rafael Peralta, a Mexican immigrant, enlisted in the Marines the same day he received his green card. Wounded from enemy fire, Peralta used his body to smother the blast of an enemy grenade and gave his life so that his marine brothers could live.

These real-life heroes remind us of American history's most enduring lesson: Ours would not be the land of the free if it were not also the home of the brave.

At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

Today's Kindle Teens Daily Deal is Spinning Out ($1.99), by David Stahler Jr. With a list price of $14, I'd bet this is usually $10 or more.

Book Description
High school senior Frenchy is just getting by, smoking pot with his best friend Stewart and skating through life. But Stewart is up to something and he wants Frenchy to join in--by trying out for the high school musical, Man of La Mancha. A perfect plan for Stewart's most legendary prank ever, right? Wrong. Stewart is serious, and convincing. The next thing Frenchy knows they have won the lead parts of Don Quixote and his sidekick Sancho. Stewart's passion infuses the whole production, but his antics begin to border on obsessive, and Frenchy has to step in more and more often to reign him in. Ultimately, like Quixote, Stewart is spiralling into the beginning stages of schizophrenia. Frenchy embodies and then explodes his role as sidekick both in the play and in life as he figures out how to be a friend, a leader, and a man.

David Stahler has delicately woven a layered story about class, friendship, and the uncertainty of adulthood. With all the fun of High School Musical with a depth and grace of reality, this is a memorable coming of age novel that will resonate with a variety of readers.