I hated marching band my freshman year of high school. So why did I stay in for three more years? When I first joined marching band, I didn't know anyone. I had a hard time making friends because of my shyness. Even worse, the staff and upperclassmen yelled at me when I couldn't march in step. And then we didn't make state finals by one point. Find out why I stayed in band for three more years and how it changed my life in Confessions of a Marching Band Member.

I never dreamed marching band could change my life anymore than it already had. So how did it change my life? I had grown to love my four years of marching band in high school. I missed it when I graduated. As a college student, I watched the band at practices and followed them to contests. Hanging around the band paid off. When I got the chance to become a staff member, I jumped at the opportunity to help the marching band. Find out what being a staff member meant to me and how much more it changed my life in Confessions of a Marching Band Staff Member.

I hated marching band my freshman year of high school. So why did I stay in for three more years? When I first joined marching band, I didn’t know anyone. I had a hard time making friends because of my shyness. Even worse, the staff and upperclassmen yelled at me when I couldn’t march in step. And then we didn't make state finals by one point. Find out why I stayed in band for three more years and how it changed my life in Confessions of a Marching Band Member.

Drum set player Julia McCoy is not a typical marching band member. Forced to move across country and become a rookie as a junior, the newest tenor drummer deals with an intense instructor, a cheerleader and the possibility of love in her own section. Told in engaging first person, Confessions of a Teenage Band Geek is not your typical YA story. Protagonist Julia McCoy's plans for an amazing junior year suddenly shift when her parents announce they are moving from SoCal to Atlanta, GA. Resilient and optimistic Julia launches herself into her new life and starts by joining the marching band. A talented drum set player, the blonde proves herself as an intense percussionist and is awarded a spot in the tenor section, a subsection of Westlake high school's competitive drumline. In addition, Julia joins a local rock band, Beans and Cornbread, and begins teaching drum set lessons. Events in the fast paced novel work around band camp, Beans and Cornbread's first show, an 'impacting' first marching band competition, sneaky cheerleading exes and an exciting Homecoming week. Fans of Courtney Brandt's Line series will be happy to see cameos from previous characters make appearances.

Effortlessly acquire an SAT vocabulary through hilarious high school essays Every year, 9 million American students expend large amounts of time and energy preparing for proficiency and entrance exams like the SAT, ACT, PSAT, and SSAT with a heap of vocabulary flash cards and a fat volume of repetitive practice tests. Each one of them, along with their parents and teachers, wishes that there was a less painful way to prepare for test day. There is, and this book is the solution: a collection of ten well-written, entertaining essays by recent college-graduates-turned-writers that honestly and amusingly recount wild, traumatizing, and hilarious high-school events, using common SAT words as a study tool. (*gluteus: any of the large muscles of the buttocks; esp: gluteus maximus)

This Christian artist shares from her personal repertoire of Faith Confessions and reveals deep, personal insight designed to inspire and motivate beleivers on their everday journey to operate in the kind of faith that opens doors.

I first heard “Jessie’s Girl” in the summer of 1981. Some people might say I’ve become obsessed with Rick Springfield since then. I call it love of a man and his music. From the age of 12 until adulthood, my love of Rick and his music has grown. He isn’t just a good-looking rockstar. He is so much more than that. His smile melts my heart, but his songs heal my mind in ways I never thought possible. Confessions of a Rick Springfield Fan is the heartfelt story of my devotion to him through the years.