She's Got the Beat

By Nancy E. Krulik

Book Overview

SHE BANGS! SHE BANGS!
Miranda was the quiet type...until she moved to Austin. Home of the hippest college rock bands, Austin, Texas, is a scene. And Miranda is dying to break out of her small-town shell. So she decides to do something totally un-Miranda: learn to play the drums.
When crashing the cymbals, the girl's a wild child! Plus there's a perk to her new gig: a cute bass player. Unfortunately Mr. Bass Man isn't exactly looking for love. Can this rocker chick change his tune? Or does finding her own rhythm mean sacrificing true love?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442414197
• ISBN13: 9781442414198
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

A fantastic book

This book is awesome, funny and also very romantic. I can relate very much to Miranda because I'm a small town girl myself, who later went on to experience life in a big city. This book proves to all teenage girls that to get the man of your dreams, just be you, and never shirk from anything you want to do fearing it's not right for you (unless of course it is something illegal or morally wrong!).

This book was great!!!!!!!!

I read this book in 2 hours. It is an awesome book for teenage girls. Especially female musicians. This book is about a girl named Miranda who has just graduated high school in a small Texas town. She moves to Austin and finds out that she can be whoever she wants to be around all the new people she meets. She sees and add and then decides to take drumming lessons. Drumming then becomes her passion. She lives, breathes and eats the music. A local band then needs a temporary drummer because theirs was not able to play and Miranda accepts the offer. While playing with the band she meets the bass player, Adam, and falls in love with him. But love isn't really what he is looking for. An amazing plot full of twists and turns, this book is great. You learn to like all of the characters, especially Miranda, even if they make really stupid mistakes. I hope that you will read this book. :)

This book makes u wanna rock

Mirada is shy and timid. She tries to break out of the comfort zone so she takes drum lessons. She loves it and eventually joins a band. What she doesn't expect is to fall for their basist and songwriter. This book has nothing to intense but is a sweet read for all girls who wanna rock.

A cute, quick read

SHE'S GOT THE BEAT is another book from the Simon Pulse teen romantic comedy line, and I found it irresistable. It's a cute, fun, easy read that teenage girls will love, especially considering the strong female characters. Miranda has just graduated from high school, and for the first time in her life she's leaving her small town for bigger things - she's going to school in Austin, Texas. With support from her family and (most of) her friends, she heads off...and of course, Austin is nothing like she imagined. After a rough start, though, Miranda makes some new friends (Kathleen, the more alternative-type girl and Missy, the flirt) and things start looking up. Miranda still feels like something is missing though, and that's when SHE'S GOT THE BEAT really starts picking up. She decides that she's going to do something completely unlike herself: Miranda signs up for drum lessons. SHE'S GOT THE BEAT is a good mix of comedy, music, and romance. Miranda's different encounters with a few (very) different boys are funny and relateable at the same time. Recommended to fans of How Not to Spend Your Senior Year, the Mates, Dates, and...series, and Royally Jacked. Overall grade - B

Rock On, Miranda!

Eighteen-year-old Miranda Lockheart was never what you would call a wild child. She lived in the same small town all of her life - Barton, Texas - and never ventured out to the city. She had grown up with her friends, and had been with her boyfriend, Denny Callahan, since freshman year. But after graduation, everything changed. Miranda received a scholarship to Lone Star State College in Austin, Texas, and jumped at the chance to get a taste of the city. Oddly enough, it suits her perfectly. Suddenly, Miranda is sharing an apartment with two outrageous girls - one, a punk; the other, a "loose" girl - and taking up the drums. Miranda has no previous experience with the drums, but she picks them up instantly, and suddenly finds herself dragged up into a whirlwind rollercoaster ride, complete with hot guys, gigs, and band practice. The only downfall is that the one guy she's crushing on doesn't seem to know that she exists. I'm a HUGE fan of Nancy Krulik, and, due to the fact that I've just started playing the guitar, I'm super interested in reading different teen fiction about female musicians, so SHE'S GOT THE BEAT caught my eye, and captured my heart in no time. Miranda is a fabulous character, whose sweet personality, and rocker chick persona are fun to read about. Her adventures - or, rather, misadventures - in the dating world, and guy encounters are hilarious, and add a fun, relatable aspect for readers. Overall, this was a fabulous addition to the SIMON PULSE ROMANTIC COMEDY series. Erika Sorocco Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper