Choir Grrrl
Binding: Hardcover
Age 10+
General Fiction
A fun and heartwarming story of finding your voice?in any musical genre
Thirteen-year-old Alondra was born into a musical family.
Her dad, the former frontman of a famous alt-rock band, expects her and her sisters to follow in his footsteps. The girls have formed their own band, which will open for their dad during his comeback tour.
Despite secretly liking quieter music, Alondra is committed to preparing for the tour. She'll do whatever it takes: Change the sound of her voice. Suppressher discomfort with some fans' behavior. Act the part of a hardcore riot grrrl.
But when a classmate invites her to join a choir club, Alondra discovers a new way of making music. Choir lets her express herself in ways that the band doesn't.
Afraid to upset the delicate balance in her family, Alondra secretly practices with the choir between shows with her sisters' band?until her secrets are exposed. Will she be forced to choose between her twovoices, or can she bring the different parts of her life into harmony?
Creators
Ashley Jean Granillo is a Mexican American writer and educator hailing from the San Fernando Valley. She has her BA and MA in Creative Writing from California State University Northridge and holds her MFA in fiction from the University of California Riverside, Palm Desert. She is also a member of Las Musas, a collective of Latinx authors whose gender identity aligns with femininity. Her short story Besitos was featured in Where Monsters Lurk & MagicHides, a Latine/x short story genre anthology. Her debut middle grade novel, Cruzita and the Mariacheros (Lerner Publishing), was a 2025 Pura Belpré Children's Author Honor Book.
