Who Is Bruce Springsteen?
Paperback – Illustrated, September 27, 2016
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · September 27, 2016
Not only was Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA," he has risen to become a twenty-time Grammy winner and American icon.
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- Who it’s for
- A compact portrait of Springsteen links rock-and-roll beginnings with working-class life and national change.
- Themes
- Working-class roots, Music as solace, Music and social change
- Genres
- Musicians' Lives for Kids, Rock Music, Performers' Biographies for Kids
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Not only was Bruce Springsteen "Born in the USA," he has risen to become a twenty-time Grammy winner and American icon. Bruce Springsteen grew up in a blue-collar New Jersey town, where his parents struggled to make ends meet. Bruce didn't fit in at school but found solace in rock and roll and playing guitar. After the breakup of a local band he'd joined, Springsteen went out on his own and people began to take notice.
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He signed with Columbia Records and under pressure to come up with a hit, wrote "Born in the USA," which tells the story of America during the years of the Vietnam War. A multi-millionaire and twenty-time Grammy winner, the Boss has remained a working class hero whose music deals with the political and social changes in our country.
Rock, Roots, America
A compact portrait of Springsteen links rock-and-roll beginnings with working-class life and national change.
Come here for
- Rock and roll, guitar, and a blue-collar New Jersey upbringing
- Music set against political and social change
Expect
- A musician’s biography, from early setbacks to recognition
- A look at the story behind “Born in the USA”
Where it sits
| Musicians' Lives for Kids | 95% |
|---|---|
| Rock Music | 47% |
| Performers' Biographies for Kids | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Musicians' Lives for Kids
- Performers' Biographies for Kids
- Rock Music
- Authors
- Stephanie Sabol
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- September 27, 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Working-class roots · Music as solace · Music and social change
- Reading lane
- Musicians' Lives for Kids