Paisley Tillery is the drummer for a country rock band. If they can make it to the stage at the Texapalooza music fest, then Paisley will be closer to her dream of a career in music and a ticket out of her small Texas town. Drumming and music are what Paisley has always wanted. Until the band gets a new lead singer, the boy from Paradise, Texas. With Paradise in her life, what Paisley wants, and what she needs, complicate her dreams coming true.
"Readers expecting a fully happy ending will be both shocked and disappointed by the sudden tragedy at the end….However, the group's perseverance, development of trust earned and given, and practice of living wide open will inspire readers with dreams of their own."
BCCB
"Alexander's simmering plot is equally driven by a complex story and multiple, complex characters."
School Library Journal
"…Paisley fights the stereotypes of herself as a small-town girl, and her story blends the teenage rebellion and family confrontations with surprising turnarounds and a resolution steeped in sorrow."
