Gipi: Garage Band.
| Publisher | Horn Book, Inc. |
| Publication | The Horn Book Magazine |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0018-5078 |
| Issues per Year | 6 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Published | 2007-05-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Reviewee | n/a | Gipi |
| Author | n/a | Claire E. Gross |
Gipi Garage Band; illus. by the author; trans. from the French by Spectrum 128 pp. First Second/Roaring Brook 4/07 ISBN 978-1-59643-206-2 $16.95 (High School)
When narrator Giuliano's dad allows him use of a vacant garage (conditional on good behavior), Giuliano and friends Stefano, Alberto, and Alex turn it into their band headquarters. Soon it is a stage for the boys' conflicting struggles and yearnings. Cynical front-man Stefano is both ruthless and strangely naive in his musical ambition; quiet Alberto is coming to terms with his father's recent brush with mortality; and...
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