Blog Tour: Beat the Band by Don Calame

Today I am honoured to have the brilliant Don Calame, author of Swim the Fly and his recent release, Beat the Band, guest posting on my blog as part of the Beat the Band Blog Tour. Read on crudeness in YA novels.

The question has been posed to me: Why does crudeness tend to be reserved for boy books when teenage girls can be just as crude?

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Review: Beat the Band by Don Calame

Beat the Band by Don Calame (ARC) - WARNING! I cannot review this book without spoiling the first in the series. Read no further if you're planning on reading this series and don't want it spoiled for you.

'Who gets more girls than a rock god? No one.'

In the hotly-awaited sequel to the hysterical Swim the Fly, Coop finds himself partnered with social outcast 'Hot Dog' Helen for a class project on safe sex. Desperate to find a way of saving his rep, Coop decides that winning the school Battle of the Bands contest is the perfect solution.

Surely the small fact that neither he nor his best friends, Sean and Matt, can actually play an instrument will stop them achieving rock-and-roll awesomeness... From Amazon UK

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Book Trailers: Cinder and Beat the Band

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Cinder by Marissa Meyer - released 5th January 2012



Marissa Meyer's:
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Lastly, there will be an author event on January 9th as a Facebook/ Twitter party at 7:00 EST.

Beat the Band by Don Calame - released 1st February 2012



Don Calame's:
Website / Twitter

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