He soon sets out on a journey that will change everything he thought to be true. Thrown into a tailspin, Blade decides the only way he will understand his past and begin his future is to find out the truth behind the music and himself. But, he's not all alone: He's got the friendship of a jazz-musician mentor, Robert the secret love of a girlfriend, Chapel and his music.Īll may not be well in the Morrison home, but things are looking up for Blade, until he discovers a deeply protected family secret - one that further threatens his relationship with his family and has him questioning his own identity. Haunted by memories of his mother - who died when Blade was nine - and the ruin his father's washed-up legacy and life have brought to the family, Blade is left to figure out life on his own. All the new cars and money in the world can't make up for the scathing tabloid covers or the fact that his father is struggling with just about every addiction under the sun - including a desperate desire to make a comeback and regain his former fame. Solo tells the story of seventeen-year-old Blade Morrison, who knows the life of a rock star isn't really about the glitz and glamour. From award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander, with Mary Rand Hess, comes Solo, a YA novel written in poetic verse.
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