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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This book made me wonder the whole way through what my future children would look back on in delight after I have passed. Keith reminds me of one of my closest friends who also lost his dad - its a true tear jerker. Its a little overbearing and lightly related to Jimi Hendrix himself at all - but in my opinion still a great read. 13-year-old Keith, biracial, finds solice in the music of Jimi Hendrix after his father's tragic death. By immersing himself in 60s attire, Keith becomes an outsider in his new town and must cope not only with feelings of anger and betrayal at his father, but also at this new community that rejects him. A powerful look at family issues and the need to belong. no reviews | add a review
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After his father is murdered, Keith and his mother try desperately to pick up the pieces of their lives. But his father’s death has left them devastated—both emotionally and financially. Forced to leave Brooklyn and move in with his aunt, Keith urgently clings to every last reminder of his dad, discovering comfort in his own music and that of the late legend—and his father’s idol—Jimi Hendrix. In Jimi’s music, Keith finds solace, and brief moments of reprieve from his chaotic new life. But just as he begins to get a handle on his father’s death, he discovers the secrets of his father’s life--secrets that threaten to tear apart what’s left of his fragile family.
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I thought it was written very interestingly.. It’s kind of like song lyrics. I think this award winning book (YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: 2006) is definitely a good read. Even though I picked this up because I’m a big Jimi Hendrix fan, I can see how young readers can relate to the main character. (