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A strict vice principal who runs a tight ship and believes that Opequonsett High should be all about sports, Mr. Brenigan moves all extra activities to the basement of the high school with poor working conditions. He goes as far as taking the Mel's Organic Frozen Lemonade machine away. |
A strict vice principal who runs a tight ship and believes that Opequonsett High should be all about sports, Mr. Brenigan moves all extra activities to the basement of the high school with poor working conditions. He goes as far as taking the Mel's Organic Frozen Lemonade machine away. |
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Mudslide Crush's fans that go along with everything Patty Norris and Patty Keane do to make other kids feel bad. They may be minor, but they hate on Lemonade Mouth just like Ray Beech. |
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| Author | Mark Peter Hughes |
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| Cover artist | Hanoch Piven |
| Genre | Young adult |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press |
Publication date | March 13, 2007 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, paperback) e-Book (Kindle) |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0385733925 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
Lemonade Mouth is a young adult novel by Mark Peter Hughes, published in 2007 by Delacorte Press.[1][2] It is set at Opequonsett High School in Rhode Island and follows five teenagers who meet in detention and ultimately form a band to overcome the struggles of high school. The novel was adapted into a film and premiered on Disney Channel on April 15, 2011.[3]
Plot
The story follows five Opequonsett High School freshman who seem to have nothing in common at first, but then realize that they could make all the difference when they learn to lean on each other and they form the most influential band in history, Lemonade Mouth. With the story told through each of the five band members, their friends, fans and some of their enemies too, it's complied by OHS "scene queen" Naomi Fishmeier. The story is supposed to teach you how bullying and being left outcast hurts. It also shows some good ways to forgive people for their mistakes, how to question authority in an apporpiret manner and how much control parents should have over thir children. It is compaired to eighties film The Breakfast Club.
Characters
Band members
Olivia Whitehead
Olivia is a shy, emotionless, isolated girl who leads the front vocals for the band. Olivia struggles with her life after her mother abandoned her when she was just a baby, her father was convinced of armed robbery and manslaughter when she was eight, and she was left to live with her grandmother. A bookworm, Olivia is often nervous and is reluctant to sing in a band because she lacks confidence before the band forms. Ever since a little girl, Olivia never thought she had a pretty voice, because her's is low, thin and scratchy just like her dad's. She is described as being over-weight with flat, shapeless, greasy hair and solemn brown eyes, which grow into a light yellow color whenever she is happy, which the band rarely sees. Besides her singing ability, Olivia plays the accordion and writes songs for the band about her personal struggles and how she had learned to over-come them with all the help, love and support that her friends give her. Stella's favorite is "Skinny Nancy" which which was written after Olivia's oldest of her thirteen cats Nancy, who later dies. Olivia is nick-named the "insane asylum" by Ray Beech. She is very vulnerable to Ray Beech's endless insults. When Olivia gets panic attacks she either throws-up or starts taking short rapid breaths. Olivia often seems to need reassurance from her band mates because she has trust issues. Olivia was born a Virgo after mother and father met at a high school party. Before going to Opequonsett High, Olivia went to St. Micheal's in Pawtucket, an alternative school where they send kids that don't fit in some place else so they could get an education "without walls." But Olivia becomes back among the walls for the first time in her life when her grandmother told her the past July that they could not afford the tutution anymore. She has a crush on Wen but won't admit it. Olivia's father, Ted Whitehead, named her after a character from William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night. Throughout the book, Olivia carries a Scooby-Doo backpack. Even though considered shy, untalkitive and nervous, Olivia is symphathetic, sweet, gentle, soft-spoken, talented, smart, considerate, honest, caring and liked by everybody in the band.
Wendel "Wen" Gifford
Wen is a laid-back, cool, funny guy, Wen is struggling with the fact his father will be marrying a much younger woman, Sydney. He feels she wants to take the role of his mom and he lusts after her. Wen plays the trumpet for the band. He is nick-named "Woody the Horn Dog" by Ray Beech. He's described as having blond hair that falls to his eyes and black rectangular-framed glasses. He lost his two best friends Azra Quimby and Floey Packer the past year because he asked Azra out and everything got uncomfortable between them. He later moves on and starts having some curiosity for Olivia and her shy nature. He later on discovers he has a strong love for Olivia and thinks of her more than just his best friend. He and Olivia are into the same things, like the same music, and are P.G. Wodehouse fanatics. Wen seems to be the only one in the band that has controle over Olivia and has a way of calming her down, such as when the band goes up to New Hampshire to visit Olivia's father in prison, she starts to get stressed and nervous about the situation and Wen is the one who calms her down. He's usually the joker and tries to laugh things off when the band gets into tough situations.
Stella Penn
Stella is a loud, hyper firecracker born in Arizona who is reluctant to move to a small town half-way across the country because of her mother's new job. She goes to detention to rebel against her neglectfull parents. She is described as "really tall." Early on in the book, Stella chops all of her hair off in a fit of rage and later dyes it green. It is mentioned at the end of the book that she has dyslexia. Stella has been a vegetarian since the eighth grade. At school, Stella swaps her electric guitar for an electric ukulele. Stella was first to believe in making the band, and was the creator of the band's name when she spits her lemonade in Ray Beech's face. Stella has a lot of self-confidence and curage, which are two things that Olivia lacks, therefor, making her the perfect friend for her. She encourages Olivia and the two start bonding in the middle of the book. Stella seems to be the leader of the band, although she often asks them for advice. Even though portrayed as rebelious and a little nuts, Stella is shown to be a hard-worker and caring to her friends, especially Olivia, who is hinted to be her favorite and she's shown to be protective of her lead singer. Stella can't stand it if Olivia gets hurt or bullied and feels guilty if she pressurs Olivia into doing anything that will make her nervous. She's usually the toughest member of the band.
Mohini "Mo" Banerjee
Mo is a gentle-natured, soft-hearted, intelegent good girl who finds herself socially inept and under the thumb of her strict father. She lies to her family while dating Scott Pickett. She plays stand-up bass for the band. She is from Calcutta. She is said to be skinny and having long, straight black hair, brown eyes and brown skin. Mo is cursed with being the only Indian girl at school. Mo eventually grows into having romantic feelings for her heartthrob drummer and best friend Charlie, but at the end, they kiss under an umbrella in a heavy downpour of rain. Mo has a lot of nerve to speak her mind and express her opinions despite the fact that she is the smallest in the group. When Mo gets nervous, she bites her nails and gets stress headakes.
Charlie Hirsh
Since his recent birthday, Charlie finds himself struggling with a big twist of fate that allowed him to be alive instead of his still-born twin brother Aaron. He has a monster crush on Mo and is worse in the world at making decisions, so he tosses a coin. Charlie plays the congas, bongos and timbales for the band. He has a gentle and shy nature that doesn't help too much when you're about to get beaten up, but he definitely doesn't take abuse and is more than willing to stick up for himself and for his friends. He is said to be a heavy-set with an "overgrown mop of frizz" for hair. Despite all these things that make him a sweet person, Charlie is misunderstood by his peers. After his first performance at the Halloween Bash, a bunch of girls starts to talk to him and therefor making him Opequonsett High's new heartthrob. He is nick-named "Buffalo Boy" by Ray Beech. Like Wen does with Olivia, Charlie has ways of calming Mo down whenever she is stressed out or worried, like when Mo broke up with Scott Pickett after she cought him kissing his ex-girlfriend and Charlie comforts her.
Other characters
Friends of the band members
Naomi Fishmeier
Naomi is Mo's loyal and wise best friend who gives Mo good advice. Naomi complies the story. She writes articles about Lemonade Mouth and even starts a call-in advertisement to get them on the band list at Catch A Ri-Zing Star. She is said to have glasses with the biggest lenses ever seen. Naomi writes for the school newspaper office The Barking Clam and liscensed herself as the OHS "Scene Queen."
Lyle Dwarkin
Lyle is Charlie's tiny, nerdy best friend with an acne problem. Lyle was elected as Treasurer by the A.V Club, which has to be the geekiest of all extra activities the high school has to offer. This means Charlie's buddy is practically High Priest of the Weirdos. Lyle plans advertisements for Lemonade Mouth by selling CDs, posters and T-shirts. Lyle also works the soundboard for Lemonade Mouth's performance at the Halloween Bash.
Antagonists
Ray Beech
A mean jerk who hates on Lemonade Mouth, Ray is part of super star local rival rock and role band Mudslide Crush, a band that everyone seems to bend down to worship. He mocks Stella, abuses Charlie and bullies Olivia. He is said to be a "giant toad of a guy." He has a name for everyone in the whole school, and even nick- names the vice principal "But-Wip Brenigan."
Patty Norris
A snobby Mudslide Crusher, Patty is involved with bullying Olivia. She is portrayed as being shallow and vain. She is described as having long, red hair, perfect skin, spooky green eyes and a horse-whinnying snicker, therefor, giving her the appearance that people are forced to respect.
Patty Keane
Another snobby Mudslide Crusher, Patty is involved with bullying Olivia because she is shown stroking the back of Olivia's head and saying, "And girl how do you get these lovely locks to hang this way? I think the dead fish look is so in don't you? What shampoo do you use?" It is unknown what hair color Patty has, but like Patty Norris, Patty is portrayed as shallow and vain.
Scott Pickett
The drummer for Mudslide Crush, Scott dated Mo but they wound up breaking off the relationship because Mo caught him making out with his ex-girlfriend Lynn Westerberg, breaking Mo's heart. He is the cute soccer jock who is tall with spiky blond hair.
Mr. Brenigan
A strict vice principal who runs a tight ship and believes that Opequonsett High should be all about sports, Mr. Brenigan moves all extra activities to the basement of the high school with poor working conditions. He goes as far as taking the Mel's Organic Frozen Lemonade machine away.
Mudslide Crushers
Mudslide Crush's fans that go along with everything Patty Norris and Patty Keane do to make other kids feel bad. They may be minor, but they hate on Lemonade Mouth just like Ray Beech.
Minor characters
Aaron Jacob Hirsh (voice imagined by Charlie)
Charlie's dead twin brother. Charlie pictures his brother as being cool and smooth. He arrives in Charlie's head when he attempts to talk to Mo or any other girl. He also arrives in Charlie's dreams too. Charlie claims that Aaron could be a pain in the butt.
Mrs. Reznick
The music teacher who is really old, Mrs. Reznick has to be Lemonade Mouth's biggest fan. She's the one who persuades Charlie, Olivia, Stella, Wen and Mo to form a band. She gives Mo private bass lessons as an independent study. She is said to be tiny with a big mop of brown hair. The school board tried to force her into retirement for years but couldn't get rid of her because she can reduce kids to tears with just one look and scares the pee out of everyone.
Fans
The fans of Lemonade Mouth are minor characters that narrate parts of the story, but they include Seth Levine, one of the most popular kids in school with his two friends Jane and Wendy, Veronica, Dina and Delila, Charlie's biggest fans, Andrea Beckham, a girl in a wheelchair who is really timid like Olivia, Andrea's friend Rodney, Leslie Dern and her best friend Kate Bates, Manny and his friend Digby, Cynthia Stenman, Terry Cabaleria, a short, nervous kid from the Drama Club, Richie Benedetti and his friends Pete and Drew, very sullen kids that keep to themselves, Dawn Yunker, a girl from the A.V Club who is one of Charlie's friends, and Wen's ex-best friends who are still loyal to him, Azra Quimby and Floey Packer.
Adaptation
The book was later on adapted into a Disney Channel Original Movie staring Bridget Mendler as Olivia, Naomi Scott as Mo, Blake Micheal as Charlie, Adam Hicks as Wen, and Hayley Kiyoko as Stella. Each character's names were shortened and the plot got inplaced.
Sequel
The author of Lemonade Mouth anounced that he's working on the Lemonade Mouth sequel Lemonade Mouth Puckers Up, where it picks up from the band's freshman year and going into summer vacation.