Lemonade Mouth

Lemonade Mouth tells the story of five freshmen, Olivia, Stella, Charlie, Wen, and Mo, who are brought together by detention. Despite their disparate backgrounds and personal challenges, they discover a shared passion for music and form a band. Through their journey, they learn to overcome adversity, stand up to bullies, and challenge the school's administration, all while forging deep friendships and confronting their individual demons. The novel explores themes of self-expression, belonging, and the power of art, making it a compelling read for middle schoolers navigating their own identities and social landscapes.

Poets. Geniuses. Revolutionaries.The members of the legendary band Lemonade Mouth have been called all of these things. But until now, nobody's known the inside story of how this powerhouse band came to be. How five outcasts in Opoquonsett High School's freshman class found each other, found the music, and went on to change both rock and roll and high school as we know it. Wen, Stella, Charlie, Olivia, and Mo take us back to that fateful detention where a dentist's jingle, a teacher's coughing fit, and a beat-up ukelele gave birth to Rhode Island's most influential band. Told in each of their five voices and compiled by Opoquonsett's "scene queen," freshman Naomi Fishmeier, this anthology is their definitive history.From the Hardcover edition.