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Blade Morrison would trade every VIP backstage pass for one clean chord of truth: his mother dead, his rock-legend father Rutherford blitzed on relapse road, and even the love of bright, defiant Chapel yanked away when Rutherford drunkenly crashes Blade’s high-school graduation stage. Rage sparks a riff that rattles his mansion walls, yet the music dims the instant a locked-away letter detonates a family secret, flinging Blade on a hero’s journey that fuses gritty road beats with slam-poet heart. Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess cut lyrics into every line, letting readers feel spotlight heat, paparazzi flash, and the bone-deep loneliness of a Black son trying to outrun a stereotype—hammering Racial Justice questions louder than any power chord. As Blade confronts temptations of fame’s easy poison versus songwriting’s healing pulse, he learns courage tastes like summer dust and forgiveness sounds like an unplugged guitar ringing in a dark room. One electrifying question thrums until the final down-stroke: will he reclaim the melody buried beneath his father’s noise? Tap the blue ➕ to Save to List for later inspiration, or hit the bold arrow to Learn More and connect your classroom, youth group, or congregation to Blade’s soul-shaking quest for authenticity.