For M om m y angel who always believed in me AC www abdopublishing com ww Publ Published by Magic Wagon a division of ABDO PO B PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Cop Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc Inte International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this boo book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Calico is a trademark and logo of Magic Wagon Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 102014 012015 Written by Amy Cobb Illustrations by Anna Cattish Edited by Rochelle Baltzer Megan M Gunderson Cover and interior design by Candice Keimig Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cobb Amy author Snaring the trumpet by Amy Cobb illustrated by Anna Cattish pages cm Band geeks Summary Seventh-grader Davis Beadle joins the Benton Bluff Junior High band stubbornly determined to play the trumpet but that section is full so the band director instructs him to spend time with several of the other instruments hoping Davis will find his true place in the band ISBN 978-1-62402-077-3 1 Bands Music Juvenile fiction 2 Musical instruments Juvenile fiction 3 Identity Psychology Juvenile fiction 4 Middle schools Juvenile fiction 1 Bands Music Fiction 2 Musical instruments Fiction 3 Identity Fiction 4 Junior high schools Fiction 5 Schools Fiction I Cattish Anna illustrator II Title PZ7 1 C63Sn 2015 813 6 dc23 2014029131 graciously for ry Vaught music to Lar for Megan Gunderson ise and passion thanks ra special AC t ing his exper th ext ia Gore taking a chance on me to Clel shar grateful forever for and Candice Keimig am Wi I
TABLE OF CONTENTS 26 40 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 4 12 ROOM 217 p BEADLE GLATT p SHADOWING SHERMAN p CALLING ALL DUCKS p SOUR NOTES p Chapter 5 67 Chapter 6 SAY BAND p GIMME A BEAT p Chapter 7 DRUMS VS DRUM ROLL Chapter 8 82 52 94 TRUMPET p PLEASE p 105 Chapter 9
1 Chapter ROOM 217 Some places are off limits Area 51 Fort Knox The teachers lounge Room 217 is on that list Few people have been inside Not me Not my friend Yulia Glatt either Until now Are you sure we’re ready for this Davis Yulia asked Honestly I wasn’t sure I mean Yulia and I had talked about this since fourth grade And three years is a long time to want something and then change your mind because you chicken out All I knew was that this was a new school year And today was a milestone kind of day It was the kind of day that would be entered in the baby book my mom still keeps up My baby book is filled with interesting facts about me Like 4
the night I ditched training undies and slept in real cotton That lunch where I ate a whole sandwich instead of half of one And the time I finally went from sleeping between Mom and Dad during a thunderstorm to camping on my floor in a fort Sometimes being an only child is weird Anyway by the end of the day I would accomplish something else important I’d go from uncool nobody to supercool somebody Thinking about it gave me courage C’mon Yulia I opened the door There was no turning back now We stood inside Room 217 We were officially members of the Benton Bluff Junior High band Whoa Yulia whispered Check it out Davis Rows of trophies in lighted glass cases lined one entire wall Students hung out in chairs arranged on different levels kind of like in a movie theater except these were in a half circle They faced the desk in the center of the room where Mr Byrd 5
