Tribute to Another Dead Rock Star

Grady is skateboarding toward a major decisionNo longer able to live with his grandmother fifteen-year-old Grady Grennan has to find a new address. one option is to move in with his mentally disabled half brother Louie in Seattle. But that poses a problem: Louie''s adoptive mother Vickie and Grady are about as compatible as Mozart and heavy metal.Nevertheless Grady''s testing the waters. He''s in Seattle for a concert tribute to his and Louie''s mother a grunge rock icon who died three years ago. Grady has been invited to speak at the tribute but what is he supposed to say to thousands of adoring fans about a mother who abandoned her sons in favor of a musical career?Both humorous and deeply moving Tribute to Another Dead Rock Star poses challenging provocative questions to all sorts of readers -- cynics liberals slackers and rock stars included.