I Am Drums by Mike Grosso

Age 10-12

This book is the song of my middle-school heart.&;&;Michelle Schusterman, author of the I Heart Band! series   Sam knows she wants to be a drummer. But she doesn&;t know how to afford a drum kit, or why budget cuts end her school&;s music program, or why her parents argue so much, or even how to explain her dream to other people.      But drums sound all the time in Sam&;s head, and she&;d do just about anything to play them out loud&;even lie to her family if she has to. Will the cost of chasing her dream be too high?       An exciting new voice in contemporary middle grade, Mike Grosso creates a determined heroine readers will identify with and cheer for.