MG Book Review: Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia
Clayton Byrd idolizes his grandfather, Cool Papa, a legendary blues guitarist. Clayton's instrument is the blues harp, or harmonica, and he yearns to finally get a solo with the Bluesmen, Cool Papa's band. But Cool Papa tells him, "a bluesman aint's a bluesman without that deep-down cry." The unthinkable happens and Cool Papa dies suddenly. Clayton is devastated. His mother is grieving too but in a different way. She's always hated Cool Papa's music because [...]