Dropping Beats

by Nathanael Lessore

A schoolyard rap mishap and a shot at a comeback

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A schoolyard rap mishap and a shot at a comeback

Thirteen-year-old Shaun, known as Growls, and his best friend Shanks set their sights on a rap competition, hoping a win will bring recognition and impress Shaun’s crush. A disastrous livestream practice instead makes them the subject of schoolwide attention, while Shanks’s sudden absence leaves Shaun to reckon with the fallout on his own. The arrival of Siobhan shifts the shape of his plans as he works toward the contest. The setup brings together friendship, embarrassment, ambition, and the uncertainties of growing up, with rap performance and school life providing the story’s central framework.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

Teens and young adults interested in school-centered comedy.
Readers who enjoy stories about friendship, crushes, and trying to recover from an embarrassing setback.
Young readers drawn to rap competitions and aspiring performers.

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FriendshipAmbition and recognitionSchool embarrassmentCrushes and growing up

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Book overview

"Funny, bursting with heart, goofy, wise, and did I mention- wildly wonderfully funny."
--Jon Scieszka, First National Ambassador of Young People's Literature and Founder of Guys Read

A hilarious and heartfelt young YA comedy about the misadventures of an aspiring young rapper as he navigates school, family, and friendship.

Thirteen-year-old Growls (aka Shaun) is an aspiring (awful) rapper who hopes to enter this year's Raptology competition with his best friend, Shanks (aka Zachariah). After all, what better way to land his crush (Tanisha) and get the respect he finally deserves than winning the contest and going viral?

But when a livestream practice goes epically wrong, the two friends do go viral- and not in the way they'd hoped.

Now the laughingstock of the school, Growls is sure he'll never have another chance to date Tanisha. Even worse, Shanks has gone MIA, leaving him terribly alone.

But when Growls meets the new girl on the block (Siobhan), things don't seem so terrible after all. And with some patience, a little luck, and a whole lot of practice, he just might win the Raptology competition and be a hero to both Siobhan and Shanks.

Either way, he's ready for this. He's steady for this. It's comeback season and they call him comeback king for a reason.

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