Breakout

When Anthony's angst-ridden rock 'n' roll lyrics go viral, he's unwittingly cast as the school rebel. The truth is, he's not trying to be anyone's hero. Anthony Castillo needs a new life.  His teachers are clueless autocrats except for Mr. Darren, who’s in charge of the rock band program. The girls at school are either shallow cutebots or out of his league. And his parents mean well, but they just make things worse. It’s as if Anthony is stuck on the bottom level of his favorite video game, Liberation Force 4.5. Except there is no secret escape tunnel and definitely no cheat code.  Fed up, pissed off, and feeling trapped, Anthony writes his first song for his rock band, the Rusty Soles. His only problem: Arts Night. If he exercises his right to free speech and sings his original lyrics—where his own bombs will drop—he and his band will be through.  The clock is ticking. Time for Anthony to pick his battles and decide what’s really worth fighting for.Praise for BREAKOUT“Emerson captures the heady mixture of pride, vulnerability, amazement, and fear Anthony feels in having created something of personal significance that, once public, takes on a life of its own.” –Publishers Weekly “A funny, perceptive book.” –Booklist  “The narrative momentum keeps readers invested in Anthony's moral conundrum.” –Kirkus Reviews “A solid coming-of-age tale that younger readers will pick up for its emotion and shades of rock and roll.” –School Library Journal “Anthony’s narrative voice is the very real cri de coeur of every middle-school boy who feels as though his real talents are being underserved by the school curriculum.” –The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s BooksFrom the Hardcover edition.

Teen & Young Adult

Kevin Emerson

Literature & Fiction

Random House Listening Library

THE END has begun. Oliver's classmates are getting their demons, and soon Oliver will be summoned to Nexia to meet Illisius and fulfill his terrible prophecy. And even worse, Emalie hasn't returned. Can Oliver and Dean find her and thwart Oliver's fate before it's too late? Their only hope lies in solving the baffling mystery of the Triad of Finity. In this harrowing finale to the series, battle lines will be drawn, unsteady alliances formed, and Oliver and his friends will face their destiny. In the process, Oliver will learn his true place in the universe, and what it really means to be human.
 This is the definitive ending to the Oliver Nocturne series, tying together story lines and details from the entire series and revealing the true nature of Oliver's destiny, published by the author as he originally envisioned it. Now, the series is complete. 
 Read the entire series: 
 #1: The Vampire's Photograph 
 #2: The Sunlight Slayings 
 #3: Blood Ties 
 #4: The Demon Hunter 
 #5: The Eternal Tomb 
 #6: The Triad of Finity

The Triad of Finity (Oliver Nocturne): Author's Edition

Children's Books

Action & Adventure

Corey's Room Press

[ Young Adult Fiction (Ages 12-17) ][Read by ]Kevin Emerson's Exile combines the swoon-worthy romance of a Susane Colasanti novel with the rock ' n' roll of Eleanor & Park. -- Summer Carlson knows how to manage bands like a professional --minus the whole falling-for-the-lead-singer-of-the-latest-band part. But Caleb Daniels isn't an ordinary band boy -- he's a hot, dreamy, sweet-singing, exiled-from-his-old-band, possibly-with-a-deep-dark-side band boy. She also finds herself at the center of a mystery she never saw coming. When Caleb reveals a secret about his long-lost father, one band's past becomes another's present, and Summer finds it harder and harder to be both band manager and girlfriend. Maybe it's time to accept who she really is, even if it means becoming an exile herself.

Exile (The Exile Series, Book 1)

Arts, Music & Photography

HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio

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