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Winner of the 2011 Schneider Family Teen Book Award! The Challenge: Piper has one month to get the rock band Dumb a paying gig. The Deal: If she does it, Piper will become the band's manager and get her share of the profits. The Catch: How can Piper possibly manage one egomaniacal pretty... read more

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  • Piper: Very confident, doesn't really care much about what people think about her, deaf, very smart, good person, powerful non-girly girl. (:
  • Josh: Lead Singer for the band. Creates a lot of problems in the story
  • Kallie: Backup guitarist. Josh made the other members allow her to join even though she really can't play because she's pretty and popular
  • Tash: Lead guitarist, she has green hair and a rebellious attitude. She also hates that Kallie joined the band
  • Josh Cooke: The egomaniac lead singer who only cares about himself and the spotlight
  • Ed: A guy from the band. He's always liked Piper, and joins chess club just because she's in it. Extremely caring, and sweet.
  • Will: Josh's brother, quiet and enigmatic, bassist in Dumb
  • Grace: Add a description of this character.
  • Baz
  • Phil
  • Mike
  • Kurt Cobain
  • Finn: Piper's hearing brother who teaches the girls in the band how to improve on their guitar playing.
  • Mr. Belson
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Donna
  • Cassie
  • Selina
  • Vaughan
  • Dumb
  • Piper's mom
  • Piper's Dad
  • Baz Firkin: Someone who helps record Dumb's songs who was once in a band called the Workin Firkins
  • Marissa
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For the record, I wasn't around the day they decided to become Dumb.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Antony John (Author)

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