Music can bring people together, like being in a band (Variations on a Theme), help with one’s identity (A Warrior Song), be a source of comfort, solace, or strength (Tangled Notes in Watermelon, Piano Obsession, The Gypsy’s Vioin, The Song of Stones River ).
The best stories are What a Song Can Do, by David Levithan and Ballad of a Prodigy by Jude Mandell. Both are written in verse, and both deal with teens who are trying to make their own way.
From Prodigy:
Though music sings inside of me,
I wonder if your plans for me
are who and what I really am,
and who and what I’m meant to be.
and who and what I’m meant to be.
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