Scout is Not a Band Kid By Jade Armstrong Eighth-grader Scout is desperate to meet her favorite author at Almontefest, but her single-parent dad tells her it’s too far away to take her. Luckily, she learns that her school band is taking a trip to the very same festival at the end of the year. Unfazed by the fact that she has zero musical experience, she takes up the trombone. Unfortunately, she is seated next to Merrin, a first-rate musician, who isn’t about to let Scout coast through the class.
